English 2.1 Dragons'Den lesson 9

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English 2.1 / Dragons' Den /Lesson 9

WEEKLY OVERVIEW 

SEMESTER 1

Semester 1 = 10 lessons​

7 lessons/workshops of 90 minutes in semester 1: ​

- Term 1: Week 7, 10​

- Term 2: Week 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

Today

• Practise useful vocabulary
• Practise pronunciation
• Practise Friends of the Earth
• Set up stock questions
• Set up your exam script

Plan time

Plan time to prepare for next class!

Next week - week 7

• At home: finalise set-up of your own script
• Then practise, practise, practise
• Then: practise some more
• Last lesson: questions about script, questions and website (blog & product page)

Goal 1

Practise useful vocabulary

Aim?

Why do we start with practising the useful vocabulary?

1. The teacher would like to demonstrate we didn't do our homework.
2. If we practise now, maybe we will know some phrases when we execute the case study.

Stating facts

Rejecting suggestions / offers

On the one hand .... on the other hand

We can't go along with that

That's out of the question

Generally speaking....

I'm afraid that's not acceptable

It goes without saying that we .....

With respect, but I think that....

General

Signal new topic

Stopping someone

May I interrupt?

The main advantage is...

I would like to explain ..

Now this brings us to...

Excuse me, may I come in here?

Right then. This leads us to..

Before you go on, could I say ....?

The major benefit is...

Bargaining

Stating an opinion

Summarising

Have I got this right?

Does that present the picture fairly?

As far as… is concerned, our position is this..

This is what we think should be done

What I am getting at is that…

We’d be prepared to….

I’m sure we can find a compromise here.

In my view ..

It seems to me…

Over to you....

At home, study the document on Teams "Useful vocabulary" and learn phrases by heart. It will help get through your pitch!

Goal 2

Practise pronunciation

(for obvious reasons)

wheeldecide.net

Over to you.....

At home, take the document "useful vocabulary", team up with a classmate, and practise the phrases!

Goal 3 

Practice your case study

Case study

Case 2: Friends of the earth

Practise this case in groups

1st time: Practise pitching

2nd time: Practise being a Dragon (investor)

Goal 4

Set up stock questions

Make a question bank

• Write down questions that worked very well during practice.
• Consult the document "useful phrases"

Note

You cannot bring this question bank to the exam, but nobody's stopping you from learning them by heart!

Goal 5

Put together your pitch

Your pitch

In your group:

• divide topics
• decide on PowerPoint

Individually: 

• make a script
• remember: bullet points

Homework on slide 5

remember to prepare for next week!