syllabus curriculum project final

8/2/2019 Syllabus Curriculum Project FINAL

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Syllabus content for an intermediate Business English course

I. About you:-Introductions-Outside of Work-Family and Friends-Places

II. Your job-Job interview-Business trips-Talking on the phone-Writing emails-Ideal job

III. Social activities/events-Small talk-Social/cultural differences

Class Topic(s) Skills Sub-skills or Main activity Focus on Pedagogicalsche addressed in specific goals/ /task in the gramm goal/dule class Culture class atical outcome forweek structure the classbyweekWeek Introductions: speaking -ability for 1.ice-breaker Review of In class#1 teacher and students vocabulary the students activity present assessment

getting to know each to introduce 2. introduce simple by theother. Continuation themselves in yourself tense, teacher ofof needs assessment pairs to another questions, students'

student that pronouns, prioryou don't "be" in the knowledgeknow present and

simple, speakingskills.

Week Introductions speaking, -students Small group -present Students#2 (cont. ) listening, negotiate for activity/game perfect should be

vocabulary meaning with each group simple able tothe "guessing comes up V.S talk aboutgame", with a person continuou themselves

they know in s and others inthe company the presentand describe tensehim/her. Theother grouphas to guessthe person.

Week listening, speaking, 1. listening#3 Listening module: speaking listening. activity


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(in lab) communication Cultural between abreakdown component customer and

dealing with clientdifferent 2. roleaccents, play (withstereotypes. script) with

communication breakdown

Part of 20 minute on-going after theweek assessment scripted role-#3 (in play, studentslab) will practice

in pairs (oneafter theother) anunscriptedrole play onthe sametopic

Week Activities outside vocabulary, -students Pair work - -gerunds -students#4 of work speaking become - interview ("I like need to be

familiar with a famous biking"), able to askinterviewing person (to questions questionsand being find out what with about otherinterviewed they like) gerunds" people's

What do (dis)likesyou like todo?"

Week Family and Friends reading, -read for the Students -present -ability to#5 listening, main idea, each receive perfect describe,

speaking specific target a summary V.S summarizevocabulary of a famous continu andrelating to person's ous and restate anfamily is family. They questions informationaladdressed in read it then "Have you summary.the class have to ever ...?" -use of

describe creativitythe family to to describetheir partner. own familyThe otherpartner hasto guess whothe famousperson is.

Week Listening module: listening listening -Listening to 3 -preparation#6 Ted talk for specific different short for(in lab) vocabulary talks listening to-listening for professional

main idea conference

Part of 20 minutes on-going pair speakingweek assessment: assessment#6 activity(in lab)


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Week Places: where listening, -listening for -watch present Ability to#7 people live speaking, main idea and authentic perfect describe the

writing details (city, videos about V.S environmentcountry); people living simplenumbers. in Eskimo past"Cultural village, and Wherecomponent a celebrity's have youof describing home in lived?"another Hollywood.person's Answerlifestyle, comprehensiodifferences n questions;in living in describe youra specific own home.country. Activity

describingwherestudents livedin the past

Week Places: dream -listening, -listening role play: Modals, Expressing#8 places to live speaking for details You are rich polite ability;pertaining and shopping questions, questions;

to price, for a new requests; politelocation, home. Your can, will, requests;number of partner is a could, agreement,rooms, etc ... real estate would, disagreemen-descriptive agent who able to; tlistening on is trying to ("Could -problemthe home and convince you you tell solvingsurroundings/ to buy this me wherephysical home. you wouldenvironment like tolive?")

Week Reading module: -Reading -practice -students#9 (in current news: reading read anlab) online New York informational authentic

Times article text article forspecificinformation

Week First -speaking, 1. Answer -students#10 assessment: listening the question schedule 10(in lab) Places to visit about what minutes to

would be the go into theideal place lab. Theyto go on create avacation sound board2.self-evaluationand anevaluationof the class(what theywould liketo do inthe future)throughsound board


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Week Event reporting: listening, -students -students Modals -read for#11 reading, read a read about "can" the main

writing current, an event and and "be idea, answerauthentic report it to able to" questions inreport of an their group pairs, relateevent in the an event to apast peer

-write up ashort report

Week Jobs: introduction speaking, -ability to -small group to prepare#12 reading, describe activity: each - studentswriting, and answer group comes Future "w for jobvocabulary, questions up with a iii", "going presentationrelated to person they to", s in a futureother people know in the present interviewoutside of company and continuoclass describe him/ us for theher. The other futuregroup has

to guess theperson

Week Module: -Reading, reading of -information-#13 Reading speaking topic, formal gap activity(in lab) professional texts papers for target

geared vocabularytowards wordstechnicaldocuments

Week Jobs introduction, reading, -introduction -watch a pronunciat -#14 continued writing, to different video about a ion; improvement

listening, European company; listening andspeaking and English record for analysis of

accents speech content pronunciatiosamples; ncomment onpronunciationpatternsin otherstudents'speechsamples

Week writing, -writing -students#15 Writing formal reading summaries of write a

summary of a formal texts summary/professional text with register report fromused for reading done

reporting previously-writing for in the lastspecific moduledetails in the -peer reviewarticle/text of the report

Week Job interview speaking, -ability to -listening to -past -listening#16 listening present authentic perfect exposure to

themselves materials of a and past different jobas well as job interview, perfect descriptionspresent (or using the contin as well as


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their job CD in the uous "I describingdescription textbook) had been one's ownin a formal Different working job to ainterview professions for this potentialsituation are described company employer

when Irealized ..."

Week Module: Multi- -use of -using a -students#17 media Powerpoint technology, summary of create a

public professional Powerpointpresentation text to make from theirskills a Powerpoint report/

presentation summarydone in thepreviousmodule

Week Job interview speaking, -self- - -phrasal -students#18 (cont.) listening presentation, students "role verbs become

talking play" comfortableabout one's between the both withqualities, interviewee the formal,future plans and the hiring information,

professional. formalGoal is to interviewconvince the contextother studentto hire him/her

Week Listening: phone listening, -customer/ -students -review of -increase#19 conversation speaking client take turns phrasal self-

authentic with "role verbs confidenceconversation playing" in and

scripted and languageunscripted egoprompts pertaining

to phoneconversations-preparationfor the topicof businesstravel

Week Pronunciation -students -compilation - -continued#20 module: speaking listen to of different pronunciati work on(in lab) on the phone different accents from on "workshop talking on

phone textbook CD "done in the the phoneconversations or authentic lab, students-pinpointing listening get usedof different materials to listeningsounds (BBC News componentwhich make radio) in specificdifferent -role play with environmentaccents- one student and withstudents with a specific specificpractice accents activitiespronouncing linked to the


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skills (talkingon the phone)

Week Planning your -speaking, ability to -activities -review continuation#21 next business listening orally give related to of verb from last

trip: booking on the precise booking a tenses, week withphone information train/plane introduct practice with

in English ticket and or/ ion of "If' conversation(time, location) hotel on the clauses "If on the

phone I had time, phone,I would -preparationvisit ...on for emailmy trip" (writing)

Week Planning your -writing, ability to -students -review of -preparation#22 next business trip: reading, write specific create an grammar for

writing an email vocabulary, information email to send in assessmentspeaking about time, to a potential prepara the following

place, colleague tion for week,assess me integration ofnt the 4 skills

Week In-class In class speaking, Main task Assessment Integ rative#23 Assessment: listening assessment: in writing for assessment

planning your -writing, planning next grammaticalbusiness trips reading trip accuracy.

1. deciding Teacherwhere to go, corrects the2. booking on emailsthe phone,(speaking)3. writingan email toconfirm trip

Week Business - writing -students -pre-writing, - -teacher#24 Correspondence: practice writing, peer Correction reviews any

writing formal writing a letter review activity of emails grammatical,letters to a future from content

employer previous questionsclass from the

assessment


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Week What is your ideal Speaking, -informal -students modal" -pedagogical#25 job? reading, situation of read would outcome is

listening reading and authentic like", "Idea related tonegotiating material of Ily, I would professionalmeaning real jobs-in like to situation butin order pairs, they be...", "In also a formto create create an my dream of assessingideal/dream ideal job job, I students' "situations and vacation would like language

spot; they to be a.." ego"-if thepresent studenttheir job and feels morevacation to confidentthe class expressing

goals inEnglish

Week Listening module: listening, -listening Listening review Improve#26 conferences, speaking, to several comprehensio listening(in lab) reporting (writing) professional n, info gap comprehens

topic ion, contentconferences summarizing-reporting toother groups

Week Meetings: small -listening, Cultural Role-play Formulaic Small-#27 talk speaking aspects conversations langua talk, self-

of target- during a ge,non- confidenceculture- party/social specificspecific small eventtalk

Week Cultural -listening, Raising watch & (socioc Clarity in#28 Misunderstandings speaking sociolinguistic discuss ultural & expressing

/cultural skills real-life sociolingui oneself,examples of stic skills) avoidingmisunderstan commun-ndings breakdown

Week Social issues -speaking, raising Discussion Discussing#29 vocabulary cultural on issues; abstractawareness, comparing social issues


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Week#30

Wrap-up, courseevaluations

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