Business English MACO lesson 2

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Business English MACO, lesson 2

a reminder....

Aim of this lesson

After this lesson, you

• know more about making summaries
• have worked on your own summaries
• have tested your knowledge of English tenses

Preparation

2 articles

Did you bring two articles?

Yes, certainly!

Well, I found only one...

No, I didn't

Group assignment

• Write a work instruction on making summaries
• Note: your instruction should lead to a successful completion of the criteria in the assessment rubric

• You have 10 minutes

Wisdom of the crowd

• Join forces with another group
• Compare your instructions
• Come up with the best joint version
• You have 15 minutes

A logical question

(on the app)

If we work in groups in class, does that mean I can hand in my final assignment with a group?

1. No, the final assignment must be individual work
2. Yes, of course. The final assignment is similar, right?

Individual work

In class/preparation: practice

Learn together!

Grade: proof of competence. Diploma is individual, too.

Note: you can share articles, but the plan must be individual

What constitutes plagiarism?

1. You copy sources from the internet so that you are sure to present well-written English
2. You paraphrase sources from the internet and refer to them APA-style

What does the verb 'paraphrase' mean?

1. say something in your own words
2. use phrases from someone else

Paraphrasing

For the summaries, you have to paraphrase the text from the articles. However, you can use certain key words from the text, because very often it is jargon that is hard to replace by a meaningful synonym.

Can you use key words when paraphrasing?

1. Yes, you can
2. No, you must find synonyms for all words

Assignment

• Work on the summaries of your articles  

Feedback

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

Peer feedback: let another group check your text

Expert feedback: from your teacher. In class, today.

Assignment

• Let someone from another group read your summary/summaries.
• Use the peer feedback form and fill it in for each other 

Grammar quiz - verb tenses

• fill in the blanks
• use the verb between brackets
• mind your spelling
• do not use contractions (don't is a contraction)

Katherine .......(wait) for me when I arrived.

Explanation

Katherine was waiting for me when I arrived.

You use the continuous (form of 'be' + verb in ing-form) to describe what is going on when something else occurs.

It is usually dry here at this time of the year. It ........(not+rain) much.

Explanation

It is usually dry here at this time of the year. It does not rain much.

For facts and habits you use the simple form

I am late because the doorbell .....(ring) while I was getting ready to go out.

Explanation

I am late because the doorbell rang while I was getting ready to go out.

You use the continuous to describe what is going on when something else occurs, but the simple for the fact/occurrence.

I .....(not+hear) from Jess lately. I hope she is alright.

Explanation

I have not heard from Jess lately. I hope she is alright.

When something starts in the past and lasts up till now, you use the present perfect form.

When Sue heard the news, she .....(not+be) very pleased.

Explanation

When Sue heard the news, she was not very pleased.

Use a simple past for an occurrence in the past. Note that 'be' is usually not used in the continuous form. 

Exception

'be' can be used in the continuous to express irritation 

Oh, stop it, will you? You ....(be) deliberately annoying!

so you see: the continuous for 'be' is not necessary to develop your business English skills

Why .....(you+go) home so early yesterday?

As a rule, how long ......(it+take) you to get to work in the morning?

Your house is very beautiful. How long ......(you+live) here?

Evaluation

This was the objective:

After this lesson, you

know more about making summaries

have worked on your own summaries

have tested your knowledge of English tenses

Is this objective met? do you have any feedback for your teacher? Please fill in the mindmap on the next slide. 

Feedback on this lesson

Homework

1. Find three articles for your topic

2. Make a rough draft of the structure for your damage control plan 

3.Revise the English verb tenses if you think today's test results were unsatisfactory

Tip: on the internet, there is a multitude of exercises. 

A good string would be: English grammar B2 verb tense exercise/practise/practice