Business English Bedanext lesson 1

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Business English Bedanext, lesson 1

Lecturer

Anke Klop

Drs. J.G. Klop

English Language and Literature, Leiden University

Interview

• In groups of 2 students, interview each other
• Come up with one (fun) fact to introduce your fellow student to the class and to the teacher
• Come up with one question you would like to ask the teacher 
• All in English, obviously! 

Which class room rules do you think are important?

Rules

Be on time

(or let me know via classmate - send an app)

Show everybody in the classroom respect 

(safe learning environment)

Use the break

(bathroom, eating/drinking)

Use the lesson for learning!

I'll present these as my rules, seeing if there's anything in their suggestions that needs adding, or that conflicts.

Lesson objective

• Becoming acquainted
• Establish the overall purpose of this course
• Take a baseline measurement
• Exploration of expectations
• Practice formal writing

What is the purpose of teaching you business English?

place of English in Bedanext

Formal writing: letter of application

Formal presentation: presenting the infographic

What do you expect or need to learn?

Test 1

• Letter of application
• Assignment
• What do you need in terms of preparation?

Letter of application

• Formal written language
• Spelling and grammar
• Conventions

Test 2

• Presentation of infographic
• Video
• What do you need in terms of preparation? 

Presentation

• Formal spoken language
• Structure
• Conventions 

formal

spoken language

formal

written language

Are you ready to get some work done?

Yes!

No :-(

Self-evaluation

• Before we start
• Baseline measurement
• Spider web

they can draw on the spider web with their mouse

Get organised!

• Decide where you will store all digital content
• Make a folder for English Bedanext

• Decide how you will store the work you do with pen and paper

Make sure they store their self-evaluation

Organisation of this course

In class: LessonUp

• 2 ECs = 2 * 28 hrs = 56
• 7 classes * 90 mins = 10.5 hrs
• self-study + test preparation = 
• 45.5 hrs

At home: 

• assignments in Modules

Preparation is important

ABSOLUTELY! Great portions of the lessons will be focused on improving the work you prepared for the lesson and asking questions based on it. None of this is possible if you have no work prepared.

peer feedback + self-evaluation

The course is built on completing assignments each class and working together on evaluating our work.

Should we take a short break?

YES PLEASE

No keep going.

Formal e-mail

Group work

Work in groups of 3-4 students

Write a mail to your English teacher

But first: some conventions!

How do you address me formally, but fitting a school environment?

1. Dear Mrs Klop,
2. Hello Mrs Klop,
3. Dear Ms Klop,
4. Esteemed Ms Klop,

Salutation

Dear .... = universal, formal too

Mrs = old-fashioned

Unfamiliar recipient: Dear Sir/Madam,

Which greeting do you think is appropriate when mailing a teacher?

1. Kind regards,
2. Yours faithfully,
3. Yours sincerely,

Greeting

Kind regards = semi-formal

Yours sincerely = formal & you know the name of the addressee

Yours faithfully = formal & you do not know the name of the addressee

Content

• Basic structure: past/present/future
• Past - lesson after English class canceled
• Present - avoid coming to school for just one class
• Future  - reschedule to another time + answer

Feedback

Self-evaluation: use guidelines, conventions, Word editor and Grammarly

Peer feedback: let another group check your mail

Expert feedback: send final product to your teacher

Homework

1. Complete the assignments in Module Business English for week 1

2. Note that one assignment is a group assignment - make groups of 3-4 students

Evaluation

Please take the exit poll!

Did you gain a broad understanding of the content of this module?

0100

Did you take a baseline measurement?

0100

Did you learn new language/communication skills in English?

0100

Mission accomplished!