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seoulman1 · Joined: 02 Feb 2007 Location: Jamsil

I have been assigned a 1 HOUR business class every week starting tomorrow. The class is based around a business text book but ofcourse I will be getting it 20 minutes before my class! This company think I am some kind of business guru...

Can anyone please give me any tips for this first class? I was thinking introductions etc..?

Thanks.

jay-shi · Joined: 09 May 2004 Location: On tour

Definitely do intros...

If you have remaining time you can use this lesson : http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/0503/050312-richest.html

Courtesy of http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/

I swear that breakingnewsenglish guy is a genius... I've used that particular lesson plan and it worked wonders.

It also gives you a feel for how ambitious and motivated your students are about learning business English.

Hope that helps.

yingwenlaoshi · Joined: 12 Feb 2007 Location: ... location, location!

Don't worry about it. If you've been teaching long enough, it just comes to you.

They're late with the book means no stress for you.

seoulman1 · Joined: 02 Feb 2007 Location: Jamsil

i have taught conversation before but not business...

Thanks for the link jay-shi.

Julius · Joined: 27 Jul 2006

Yeah- the longer you've taught, the less stress you have.

I can teach in my sleep without textbooks at a milliseconds notice.

First classes are probably the easiest for subject matter: Introductions, get them to speak, guage their level. Even give a quick test to know what level they're at.

Ask them what they want and expect from the class, what they want to learn, and why..etc etc.

ddeubel · Joined: 20 Jul 2005

A must for business English students is introduction by mingling and exchanging business cards. I give them a business card and they pretend to work for a fortune 500 company. Unfortunately, I don't have those cards digital or i'd share. Got them from a copy of the Tribune and cut and laminated, believe it or not.....

But you could use the set of company logos I put in my teaching folder

http://www.esnips.com/doc/b98a78a9-0db9-4516-ac72-ef4b8ce83b4f/Brand-Fight

to the same effect. I also have an awesome quiz/ppt in my presentation folder, outling all the top companies and where students guess the product and company and country. But you have to join up to my community to get access .

I also do a lot of breakingnewsenglish's articles on Karaoke. Students listen to the article and follow the words on the screen. I agree with jay-shi, he has some great ideas. I do think though, that the articles are should have a more standardized vocab -- they throw a lot of vocab at one shot , at students.

DD