English 1.4 lesson 3

• English
• HBO
• Studiejaar 1

Welcome to lesson 4

English, Tourism Management, year 1, term 4

Programme

• Feedback on the emails
• Start on the next writing assignment

Feedback

• No e-mail? Start writing it, come back to General on time (see chat) 
• Use the peer feedback form "Feedback on formal mail"
• Groups of appr. 3 students

Teamwork

What did you learn about teamwork?

Reading

In your breakout room, read the text Creative Destruction on p. 16.

Answer the questions of assignment A.

What lesson did the new boss want his employees to learn?

1. How to work together better
2. How to apply creative destruction
3. What he had learnt at the municipal government
4. How to demolish a fridge

Which word is used in the text to say that in order to do something well, or to be more creative, it is sometimes better to destroy what you have done and start all over again.

How would you react if a manager at your organisation did something similar?

Could you think of an instance where you might apply this lesson? If not with fridges, maybe with.....?

Before you move on to the next reading assignment - do you know why you're asked to do reading assignments, when the portfolio assignment is writing?

Reading

In your breakout room, read the text Training Leaders to connect the dots on p. 16.

Answer the questions of assignment B & D.

Haier's approach to executive education is very practical and involves executives working in teams, discussing problems across the company, learning about other departments, trying out other ideas for possible solutions and then reporting back to colleagues in class.

1. true
2. false

rejig

confer

spot

ongoing exposure to

connect the dots

arrange in a different way

bring, offer

notice something, especially when it is difficult to see

realise that something is related to something else

chance to experience new ideas and ways of looking at things

look through the window of your own silo

hone your skills

pejorative sense

divorced from practice

track progress

understanding something only from your own perspective

record the development of something/someone over time

too theoretical

with a negative meaning

improve/refine what you can do

grammar

Emphasising a point

Take a break and read your grammar!

p. 128

or watch the web lecture:

https://web.microsoftstream.com/video/bd38d163-cb9c-4d4e-a0ad-1d1784717b0b

Over to you

Let's see what we can do with this idea: 

the way you say something defines your message.

"It isn't what you say, it is the tone you use that makes the message."
This is an example of:

1. Emphasising a negative statement
2. Using superlative forms
3. Using a list of three
4. Using contrasting ideas

"The tone you use to say something is the most important part of your message." This is an example of:

1. Emphasising a negative statement
2. Using a list of three
3. Using interesting or extreme adjectives
4. Using superlative forms

"Your message may become a pejorative statement by using a sullen tone of voice." This is an example of:

1. Using superlative forms
2. Using interesting or extreme adjectives
3. Using contrasting ideas
4. Using a list of three

"If you want your message to come across, you must be authentic, you should choose your words carefully, and you should use a friendly tone of voice." This is an example of:

1. Using contrasting ideas
2. Using a list of three
3. Using interesting or extreme adjectives
4. Emphasizing a negative statement

"The words you use are anything but the defining element of your message." This is an example of:

1. Emphasizing a negative statement
2. Using contrasting ideas
3. Using a list of three
4. Using superlative forms

writing an article

You are sitting in a waiting room, flipping through a magazine. How big is the chance that you will read an article if the first line doesn't really engage your interest?

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Funnel writing

- start with the best bit

- or with something interesting

- or with something funny

- anything to grab the attention!

- end with a call to action

How did you like working on your reading texts in the breakout rooms?

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For grammar, do you prefer reading it, or watching a web lecture?

Reading from the book

Watching a web lecture

Combining the two methods