This lesson contains 28 slides, with interactive quizzes and text slides.
Items in this lesson
Business English MACO, lesson 5
Slide 1 - Slide
Today
Feedback on two summaries
Work shop on structure
Break
Questions about the sources
Grammar - dependent prepositions
Slide 2 - Slide
First summary for feedback
Pick a summary for feedback.
Exchange with a classmate
Use the form "Peer feedback on summary 1" (Canvas/Business English/Study material)
Slide 3 - Slide
Second summary for feedback
Pick another summary for feedback.
Exchange with a classmate
Use the form "Peer feedback on summary 2" (Canvas/Business English/Study material)
Slide 4 - Slide
Check all of your summaries
Check for structure
Compare with your neighbour
Ask teacher for help
Slide 5 - Slide
Slide 6 - Slide
Sources in your plan
Slide 7 - Slide
Assignment
Share your structure of the damage control plan with your neighbour
Do you understand the logic of the plan by reading the structure? If not, give tips. If it is clear, pay a compliment.
Is a source mentioned for all facts & figures? If not, mark this for repair!
Slide 8 - Slide
Grammar
Dependent prepositions
Slide 9 - Slide
I do not agree ______ you.
Slide 10 - Open question
I am the president, and I approve ____ this message.
Slide 11 - Open question
Thinking ___ Holland, I ate the cheese.
Slide 12 - Open question
Are you satisfied ___ your current provider?
Slide 13 - Open question
There is a great increase ___ refugees fleeing the warzone.
Slide 14 - Open question
He is not keen ______ Italian cuisine.
Slide 15 - Open question
My partner works hard ______ his travel agent job.
Slide 16 - Open question
Don’t ask me to decide. I’m not very good ________ making decisions.
Slide 17 - Open question
- Did you pay cash? - No, I paid ________ credit card.
Slide 18 - Open question
George is not an idealist; he believes ________ being practical.
Slide 19 - Open question
The road is busy all the time, even ________ night.
Slide 20 - Open question
I met a lot of nice people _______ my stay in New York.
Slide 21 - Open question
The train service is very good. The trains are nearly always ______ time.
Slide 22 - Open question
Dan is a very fast runner. I wish I could run ______ fast as him.
Slide 23 - Open question
Write a draft
Use the assignment
Use the information of the previous lessons
Use the information of the next slides
Slide 24 - Slide
Damage control plan
Circular structure
promise in introduction
explanation in body
come back to promise in conclusion
Slide 25 - Slide
Paragraph structure
1st sentence: connect to previous paragraph AND introduce topic of paragraph (= promise)
explanation
mini-conclusion: come back to promise
Slide 26 - Slide
Note on par. 1
Note that par. 1 introduces the topic. Sentence 1 of paragraph 1 is therefore called the topical sentence. It is the sentence that makes clear what this text is about.
Slide 27 - Slide
Homework
Revise the theory of this LessonUp
Finish your summaries
Write the draft (first version) of your damage control plan & bring this to class
Look at the self-evaluation (spider web) that you filled in during lesson 1. Where did you improve?