Article Discussion: The Fight for Little Sweetie's Billions Is Getting More Than a Little Weird
You can find the article here:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124217178156212899.html#
The Discussion Activity Sheet is here:
28.09.2009 the Fight for Little Sweeties Fortune
Enjoy the lesson!
Cheers,
Maurice
www.voiceone.fi
Friday, August 28, 2009
Using Business Articles for Discussion in Class
Like most Business English teachers I rely on current news from leading newspapers and magazines to stimulate discussion in class. Here's some general tips for using articles in the Business English classroom.
Tip 1: To avoid getting in trouble over copyright, it is best to send your students a link to the article for the following week's class and let them print their own copy. You are allowed to print for personal use. Otherwise, newspapers and magazines expect payment for reprints.
Tip 2: I get students to take turns reading paragraphs from the article aloud in class. You can correct pronunciation as you go. And by alternating students, they will understand the article more. I've noticed that when people read aloud, they are actually too focused on their pronunciation that they do not actually catch or follow what they are saying.
Tip 3: It is better for students to try to understand the meaning of the words in context. That is why I often wait to explain difficult words after we have read the text.
Hope this helps!
Cheers,
Maurice
www.voiceone.fi
Tip 1: To avoid getting in trouble over copyright, it is best to send your students a link to the article for the following week's class and let them print their own copy. You are allowed to print for personal use. Otherwise, newspapers and magazines expect payment for reprints.
Tip 2: I get students to take turns reading paragraphs from the article aloud in class. You can correct pronunciation as you go. And by alternating students, they will understand the article more. I've noticed that when people read aloud, they are actually too focused on their pronunciation that they do not actually catch or follow what they are saying.
Tip 3: It is better for students to try to understand the meaning of the words in context. That is why I often wait to explain difficult words after we have read the text.
Hope this helps!
Cheers,
Maurice
www.voiceone.fi
Classic TV Ads to discuss Advertising
Requirements: A laptop (& projector) to show the videoclips in class.
This is one activity which I love to use in my Business English classes. Since the commercials are short, often entertaining, and use fairly simple language, you can use them with pre-intermediate to advanced.
It has been a hit with every class I have used it in. Everyone loves to see how different the ads were in the 1950s. Since most companies have meeting rooms with projectors nowadays, I usually show it from there--but I've shown them direct from my laptop as well.
First, you need to download the classic TV commercials from the Prelinger Archive.
Get the videos here:
http://www.archive.org/details/prelinger_commercials
It's free to use (big plus) and may be downloaded and shown in public for educational purposes. Choose an assortment -- the Newport cigarette ads are particularly entertaining.
Next, download the PDF activity. I think it's fairly self-explanatory. You should explain to the students what they should look for with each point.
Get the PDF here:
28.08.2009 Classic TV Commercials
Enjoy the lesson!
Cheers,
Maurice
www.voiceone.fi
This is one activity which I love to use in my Business English classes. Since the commercials are short, often entertaining, and use fairly simple language, you can use them with pre-intermediate to advanced.
It has been a hit with every class I have used it in. Everyone loves to see how different the ads were in the 1950s. Since most companies have meeting rooms with projectors nowadays, I usually show it from there--but I've shown them direct from my laptop as well.
First, you need to download the classic TV commercials from the Prelinger Archive.
Get the videos here:
http://www.archive.org/details/prelinger_commercials
It's free to use (big plus) and may be downloaded and shown in public for educational purposes. Choose an assortment -- the Newport cigarette ads are particularly entertaining.
Next, download the PDF activity. I think it's fairly self-explanatory. You should explain to the students what they should look for with each point.
Get the PDF here:
28.08.2009 Classic TV Commercials
Enjoy the lesson!
Cheers,
Maurice
www.voiceone.fi
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Welcome Note
Welcome to the Voice One Business English exchange point!
We will be regularly posting links to interesting articles, free reproducible teaching materials along with teaching tips. Feel free to share your own ideas, materials and links.
About Voice One: Established 2006; Helsinki, Finland. Our teachers are all experienced professionals -- most have taught in Finland for ten years or more. And a few of us are published ESL authors. Without sounding too corny, we believe that learning English can be fun as well as educational.
www.voiceone.fi
We will be regularly posting links to interesting articles, free reproducible teaching materials along with teaching tips. Feel free to share your own ideas, materials and links.
About Voice One: Established 2006; Helsinki, Finland. Our teachers are all experienced professionals -- most have taught in Finland for ten years or more. And a few of us are published ESL authors. Without sounding too corny, we believe that learning English can be fun as well as educational.
www.voiceone.fi
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