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[blackheart]

Hey

I am starting to teach a CEO business English on Wed. Pretty nervous and intimidating as Im a 23 yr old recent Biz school grad with no 'field' experience. The first day Im just gonna try and guage where he is at and what he wants to learn, but here is what I know so far. He is at a 'basic' level, whatever that means. Im assuming he only knows the simple 'Hi, how are you type things'. Nonetheless he wants to be able to speak to Americans when he goes there on business trips. So I guess my question is what is 'Business trip' english other than "How was your flight?' 'What's the weather like?'.

Any ideas on lessons, materials or advice would be much much appreciated.

[chronicpride]

I'd recommend taking some time and going thru http://www.onestopenglish.com/ , as it's very useful for people just starting out, plus if you register, you can access a whole bunch of pre-made lesson plans deeper into the site. There is a great section within it that is ideal for what you are looking for. I'll post the link that I'm thinking of, when I check my Favorites on my work computer tomorrow.

[tzechuk]

Why don't you think about what you'll say if you were to go on a business trip? I am also a biz school postgrad (but I have experience, seeing I am older and all) and when people ask me to teach them a few biz English sentences, I just teach them what I would say.

Also, it's not so much about what he says, it's more about how he says things. Being a business person, he has to appear confident and use *formal* terms but also know how to make small jokes. These things are not easy to teach but do-able, I think.

Good luck. If you need help, PM me.

[gypsyfish]

Get Simon Sweeney's book Communicating in Business.

[Captain Corea]

no one else thinks it's funny that a recent grad, with no experience (and may i guess, no teaching experience?) is qualified to teach a CEO over here.

I'm not saying you are or are not, you are hired and they are going to pay you so the arguement is mute.

I just sometimes find it funy that people with "no idea" what to do are hired sometimes (**and yes I KNOW this happens in hogwons all the time but you'd think a CEO would be more discerning).


EDIT: I should apologize, I never did add o the OP's question. If you head down to Kyobo you'll find numerous teaching resources on biz English. As well you might take a peak into their management section and see if there is something familiar you might want to consider as a resource material.

[Zark]

ditto to almost all the previous comments . . . but

Really the first place to start is to ask him about what he does and what his product or service is - and why or how it is a good product/service. He will, most likely have some basic English in that area.

It is a bit premature to jump to English about conferences major meetings and airports - until he has his product down. Don't have him flying around the world meeting with executives and selling them stuff - until you know that he can handle the basics about his business. You'll also find that most businessmen will find their product or business quite interesting to talk about - so it is a good way to get their motivation up.

You can, most likely, learn a bit about his company and/or product via the internet before your first class. Print out stuff on his competitors or their products. All are ways to stimulate his interest - and or to begin to provide basic vocabulary about his product.

Enjoy!

[tzechuk]

Good advice, Zark. You do need to be able to talk about your own products first above all else.

[gypsyfish]

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[Captain Corea]

[gypsyfish]

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