offer and respond to congratulations
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In this lesson you will ...
Offer and respond to congratulations
Vocabulary & Expressions Language Focus
to congratulateto deserveto end upto toasthouse brand (own brand UK)
in orderto honor (honour UK) a commitmentto stink (up)at the helm
Offering and accepting congratulationsPrepositions (review): for, in, of, on, through, up, with, within (extension activity)
Greet students, review previous lesson and homework.
Review key points from previous lesson, check any assigned homework, and check for questions.
Set customized Speaking Goal. Ask questions to find out about students’ needs and experiences.
Did you say "Congratulations!" to someone recently? What was the
occasion? How would you offer a friend congratulations on his or her
birthday? What would you say to an acquaintance who has been
promoted? On what other occasions do people offer congratulations?
Set a customized speaking goal. For example: Our goal is to offer a colleague (or acquaintance) congratulations. Write the goal on the board.
Warm up. Have students read the conversation in the SG. Present and practice, as needed: to congratulate / to deserve / congratulations (rev.)
tell someone you are happy because of their success or good luck →
congratulate
to have earned something, be worthy of it → deserve
What is the person in the dialog being congratulated on? When is the last
time you were congratulated for something? etc.
On what occasions do you offer someone congratulations? List on the board and keep for later activity.
Warm-up
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Present and practice, as needed: to assume responsibility (rev.) / to end up / to toast / house brand (own brand UK)
Rev: take on a leadership position → assume a leadership position
With a new position, do you also assume new responsibilities?
finally get to a particular place or position, sometimes by chance → end up
custom of drinking in honor of someone or to someone’s health (gesture:) → toast
Do manufacturers sometimes sell large retailers products that they can put
their own label and name on? → house brand
Who in your company has recently assumed a (leadership) position? When
was the last time you drank a toast? Can you think of any house brands?
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Pre-listening. Have students look over the questions in the SG.
Say: Peter Crawford is the president of AP, a company owned by UEI. Peter was hired a year ago to turn AP around. He is meeting Allison Ward, the CEO of UEI, for lunch.
Can you guess what the answers might be? Encourage students to be creative.
Listening. As you listen, note the answers to the questions.
Play the audio one time without pausing. Then call on students to give their answers; insist on full-sentence responses. Encourage other students to fill in missing information. If any questions were not answered, play the audio again.
[ANSWERS: 1. the Shop Way deal 2. the possibility of a cheaper line to be
marketed as a house brand 3. the fine job he had done over the past year
4. making it one of UEI’s most successful profit centers 5. a period of
growth and expansion 6. for a person of Peter’s caliber 7. positions for
vice president / at the divisional level 8. several operating companies 9.
the future]
Post-listening. Why was Peter offered the job?
How long has he been at AP? What’s his position there?
Has he been a good leader at AP?
What position is he being offered at UEI?
If you were Peter, would you take the new position? Why (not)?
To the future!
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Present and practice: Offer and respond to congratulations
Brainstorm: What are some different ways to offer congratulations? Write students’ responses on the board.
Students compare their responses with those in the activity and, if relevant, with those in the Tip! box in the SG.
Present and practice vocabulary, as needed: tough (rev.) / in order
difficult, hard → tough
congratulations are due / appropriate / deserved → in order
Do you and your colleagues work in a tough business environment? Have
you finished the project yet? Are congratulations in order?
Congratulations
Skits
Refer back to the list (on the board) of situations where one would normally offer congratulations. Set roles, scenario, and purpose.
Pairs: Choose one or two situations. Practice offering and responding to congratulations using some of the different ways shown in the activity (and Useful Expressions).
Congratulations Useful Expressions
Present and practice, as needed: to honor (honour UK) a commitment / to stink (up) / to take over (rev.) /at the helm
Review: keep a commitment → honor a commitment
something smells very bad → it stinks
gain / assume control of (a company) → take over
in charge / responsible → at the helm
Why is it important for leaders to honor commitments? Do cigars / dirty
socks / rotten vegetables stink? Who is at the helm of your company?
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Pre-reading. In which part of a letter do you congratulate someone?
In which part do you wish him or her well?
What do you put in the middle of the letter?
Reading 1. Scrambled letter
Students put the letter in the correct order. If there are any variations, have students explain their reasoning. Go over clues in the letter that indicate the order.
[ANSWER: from top to bottom: 3 – 4 – 2 – 1]
Reading 2. A question with …
Read the following expressions aloud, one at a time. Call on a student to make a question based on the letter using the expression. Have another student answer.
a matter of time know about
at the helm took over
honor treat
stink up wish
Post-reading. What are some other ways to wish someone success? [Best of luck, Good luck]
What are some other ways to close an email or a letter? [Sincerely, Best wishes, Best regards]
Which are more formal? more friendly?
Offering congratulations to a new leader
Elicit what the lesson goal was from students or point to it on the board. Set or adapt purpose / scenario according to the customized student goal.
Pre-task. Go over the task card.
Brainstorm: What advice could you give to someone who has been promoted to a leadership position?
Encourage students to be creative and to add qualities they feel are essential to being a good leader.
Task. Using the letter in the previous activity as a model, draft a short email to your friend. Feel free to make up the name of the company and to add any other details you would like.
Post-task. Call on students to share their drafts. For a weak performance, set up a second enactment (topic: new job, offer congratulations and
Good luck!
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advice) and focus on increasing speed, fluency, and confidence. For a strong performance, ask other students to listen and to provide suggestions for editing the draft.
Give feedback, correction, and praise. Ask students to say how they can use the language from this unit in their work. Confirm with students that they have achieved their goal. Assign homework.
Extension 1. Congratulations on …
Point out: Congratulations on is always followed by a noun or a gerund.Present the following situations and elicit the noun or gerund form of the underlined word.Your best friend has just gotten / got (UK) engaged.
Your colleague has won an award.
Your uncle has just retired.
Your supervisor has just been promoted.
A coworker has been appointed head of security. etc.Using the congratulations on … form for the above situations, students congratulate each other.
Extension 2. Preposition review
Have students complete the statements in the Word Power frame with one of the prepositions listed in the subheading. Check answers.
[ANSWERS: 1. on 2. in 3. for 4. with]
Time permitting: Write the prepositions in the middle column on the board. Tell students to create a table with three columns.Dictate the words or phrases in column one and then in column three. Check that students are writing the words in the correct columns. Students decide which preposition connects the phrases.Have students create questions using the completed phrases.a person / for / your caliber
a position / for / someone
assume responsibility / in / something
congratulate someone / of / something
end / on / doing something
go / through / a (difficult) period
impressed / up / something
interested / with / something
opportunity / within / an organization
For, in, of, on, through, up, with, or within?
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[ANSWERS: a person of your caliber, a position for someone, assume
responsibility for something, congratulate someone on something, end up
doing something, go through a (difficult) period, impressed with something,
interested in something, opportunity within an organization]
Remind students to complete their homework activities online.ONLINE PRACTICE10
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