Week6 – Business EnglishProfessor Hayashi

Today’s Awesome Class!

• attendance / homework check• review• vocabulary• useful language

BREAK TIME!

• skit time!• language review – board game• case study

DEFINITION WORD

REVIEW - Question #1 – Vocab review

A company that is at least half-owned by another company

The main building of an organization

The pyramid-like organization of a company

The rigid structure of administration characterized by rules, routine and concentration of authority

The governing of an organization in which people hold the power and the majority rules

Subsidiary

Head Office

Hierarchy

Bureaucracy

Democracy

REVIEW – Question #2 – Multiple Choice

Which is the most suitable noun combination?

1.a) the class of yesterday b) yesterday’s class c) yesterday class

2. a) a note of absence b) an absence’s note c) a note’s absence

3. a) a 3-stars hotel b) a hotel’s 3 star c) a 3-star hotel

4. a) a letter’s head b) a letter of head c) a letterhead

5. a) a four-day week b) a week of four days c) a four week day

Question #3 – Short Answer

Imagine you are on a plane to Chicago.

Introduce yourself to the person sitting beside you.

VOCABULARY – page 33

Hey friends! Let’s partner up and do exercise A, B & C! YAY FUN!

Answers:Exercise A

down- de- up- re-

grade centralize grade organize

size regulate train

regulate

develop

launch

locate

structure

VOCABExercise B/C (page 33)

1.relocating – suburbs2.downsize – workforce3.retraining – staff4.reorganized – seating plan5.relaunch – product6.decentralizing – decision-making process7.redevelop – site8.restructure - hierarchy

LANGUAGE REVIEW – page 34

Language Review

Page 34 – exercise A, B

EXERCISE Ain 2003 – PSthis week – PPrecently – bothsince 2003 – PPyesterday – PSlast year – PSyet – bothever – PPsix months ago - PS

USEFUL LANGUAGE – page 35

In groups of 4, make up a HILARIOUS short skit using as many of the ‘useful language’ expressions as you can.

Keep a tally and the team with the most expressions WINS a prize!

HOMEWORK! AWESOME!

Visit the facebook group page: “Business English 1 – Spring 2011”

There will be “Business English Homework Questions” posted there.

You should respond to a question for a homework point.

Just click the ‘comments’ button under the post and write your response.

Have fun!