task3 4 summary

7/28/2019 Task3 4 Summary

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◦DoubleDealing

Unit3mee1ngs+wri1ngminutes;Unit9generalbusinessvocab;

Unit7smalltalk;someformalwri1ng(U3,U5reports);+3

listenings

◦English365

Lotsoflisteningandspeakingac1vi1es,plussocialising

◦Interna1onalExpress

Manybusinessfunc1onscovered,withhopefullyplentyofrelevant

speakingprac1ce(includingpronuncia1on,whichAnacould

improve);nofocusonsocialising

(Jose)

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◦TheBusiness

Plentyofformalbusinesswri1ng;contractvocab;plentyofrelevant

speaking;butnosocialising

◦IntelligentBusiness(part)

Unit9onsmalltalk;otherwise,notmuch?

◦IntelligentBusiness(part2)

Unit3onsummarising(spokenlanguage??);+Unit0giving

reasons??andUnit2makingacase??

Overall:

Thewri1ngaspectcouldbelargelycoveredbyTheBusiness.Other

areasbyEnglish365?Yes...shouldbebook...Whatareyour

thoughts?.

(Jose)

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IagreethatTheBusinesscouldbeagoodchoiceforAna,especiallyforwri1ng.The"Speaking"sec1onalsolooksuseful,sincethe

ac1vi1escouldbedoneingroupswherelisteningisequally

important.Withoutseeingthechapters,it'shardtosayhowthe

bookwouldhandlethespeakingsec1ons.I'llassumethatwewould

needtoprovideadjustmentstothoseacitvi1estomakethemmore

listening-focused.

MyimpressionofEnglish365isthatit'sforalowerlevelstudent

thanAna,basedonthegrammarpointsmen1oned.

WhatI'duseinTheBusinessforAna:

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Thechart-basedvisualorganiza1on,whichiseasytounderstandandpresentslanguagesskillsinthecontextofabusinessarea.We

couldpresentoursyllabusinthesameway.

-Allthe"Grammar"and"Speaking"and"Wri1ng"topics

-Under"AboutBusiness"Ilike3.,4.andperhaps5.

-Under"CaseStudies"it'shardtoknowwhichonestokeep,but

I'dguess3.6,4.6and5.6mightbeOKsincetheygowiththetopicsI

pickedunder"AboutBusiness”

Under"Vocabulary"Ilike3.2,4.2,5.2and8.2

WhatI'daddtosupplementTheBusiness:

-Under"Speaking":addanewlinefor"GengClarifica1on"

-Under"Wri1ng"weneedanewlinefor"DraingContracts"

-Under"AboutBusiness"I'dreplace.,2.,6.,7.and8.withcontextswegetfromAna(perhapswecouldguessafewforour

aemptatasyllabus).Wecouldalsoaddanewlinefor

"Socializing",whichmeanswe'dhavetocomeupwithtopicsforthe

grammar,speaking,wri1ng,etccolumns.

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Forthecasestudiesrela1ngtothosenewbusinesscontexts,wecouldgetsomefromAna'spastexperience,orwecouldfinda

coupleofcasesrelatedtothesportsagentorhospitalitybusiness

Wecouldadda"Listening"columnwithtopicsthatrelatedtothe

onesinthe"Speaking"column(Carol)

Ana

Iagreewithwhatthetwoofyousay,andacknowledgethe

importanceofsocializingac1vi1eswhicharenotastrenghtinTheBusiness.Ithinkthattheaddi1onsmadebyCarolcouldreasonably

fitAna´sneeds.

Overall,TheBusinessisthebetmatchforAna,ifwethinkthatthere

shouldbeonlyonebooktobepicked,asitcoversawidearrayof

situa1onsrelatedtowri1ngskills,skillofwhichAnaneedsto

improve.Assumingthatthesamebookalsoofferslisteningprac1cesonthetopicsthatitaimstoexplore,itcouldonlybenefit

hermoreifthevocabularycoveredinthebookrelatesmoreclosely

toherneeds,whichcanbeachievedthroughtheammendments

madebyCarol.

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AsusualI'mhappywithwhatyou'vewrien.SinceImustcontribute,herearesomethoughtsthatcametomind:

-yourreasonforchoosingthoseCaseStudiesseemslogical,butI

wonderifweneedtohaveanycasestudiesatall?Ifweneedthem,

thenperhapsbeerifwefindcasestudiesaboutthesportsagent

orhospitalitybusiness(isthisaseasy/quickasitsounds?)

-yousuggestaddinganewspeakingac1vity"GengClarifica1on",

butIwonderifthatmightbecoveredunderSpeaking7.4

"Communica1nginmee1ngs"?

-listeningandsocialisingareimportantareasthatarenot

adequatelycovered(forAna'sneeds)inthebook.Yousuggest

addingthem,buthowdowedothat?Tomethemost

straighorwardwayseemstousematerialfromothersources-

preferablyfromonlyonebook.Ifweusedanyoftheotherbooksin

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thelistthiswouldcontravenethebrief,butinreallifewouldn'twelikelydothis,usewhatwehavetohandifitwasuseful?Ahigher

levelEnglish365?

IknowIdidn'tclearlysayso,butIdidn'tmeantosuggestthatwe

shoulduseallormanyofthebooks;thatlistofbookswasreally

meantasalistoffeatures(ineachbook)thatIthoughtcouldbe

usefulforourpurposes.However,Ididsuggestthatweusetwo

books,butCarolpointsoutthattheEnglish365inthelististoolow

level.

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Young-Hee

JustaheadsupaboutmychoiceofsyllabusforYoungHee.Ithought

Interna1onalExpresshasagoodmixofgrammar,vocabulary,skills,

pronuncia1on,aswellasbusinessfunc1onsandmeansof

communica1on,thatYoungneedstoprac1ce,beforeapplyingfora

secretarialjob.Lemmeknowifyouagree;nopointgoingany

further,otherwise.

(Susan)

Interna1onalExpresslookedpreygood.Iwasabittornbetween

thatandEnglish365forYoungHee.You'rerightaboutwhatIEhas

tooffer...lotsforher.OnethingIdidn'tlikeaboutitwasthefocus

ongrammar.Therewasanicerangeofvocabularyinit,though,so

shewuoldgetsomeBus.EandsomeGenE.

Myfirstinclina1onwastouseEnglish365,butaerreadingyour

commentsandlookingatbothofthem,Ithinkyouare

right....Interna1onalExpressisprobablytheright'core'bookfor

YoungHee.ItisverynicelyBusE.related,andnotattoohigha

level.Iwasn'ttoofussyaboutthetpics,though.

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Young-Hee

E365istoobasic,butIdidlikehowthebookprogressed,introducingonegrammarstructureforusethroughoutacycleof

threechapters.

Whatdidyouthnkofthose2headings:'skillsfocus'and'focuson

func1ons'?Ithoughtthatthesub-headingsunderSFweretopics,

andthesubheadingunderFonFwereperformancetasks.Itgot

clearerinthesecondhalf,butthefirst/2stumpedme.

Ithinkoneofthethingsthatdefinitelyneedsaddingtohereismore

performancetasks,especiallyintheareasofspeaking,andlistening

forapurpose.

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Young-Hee

yestheSkillsfocusaretopicsandtheFonfunc1ons,therelated

businessfunc1ons.IthoughtsomeofthetopicslikeNa1onal

Branding,GapyrsforadultsandEthicalconsumerismwere

unrelatedtoYoung'ssphereofworkInsteadcanweincorporate

EmailEgo,Socialisingand+=?fromdoubleDealingandusethem

todevelopL/W/R/Sskills?Alterna1vely,SocialPhrasesatwork/

outsideandCommunca1ngatworkfromEnglish365.Arewe

allowedtodothis?.

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