The company secretary
1. 4 telephone role-plays in an office to practice basic telephone expressions.
2. Telephone language: Who’s calling?, isn’t here, can I take your name?, Can you hold the line? I’ll put you through, take/leave a message.
Where’s my pen?
1.Possessive adjectives and pronouns.
2. Prepositions of place: in, on, under, next to, behind.
3. Expressions we use at work: it’s up to you, what about..?, look on the internet, throw away.
Where is the manager’s office?
1. Introduction to some common expressions we can use at work.
2. Giving directions around a building: turn, go, left, right, at the end, straight on.
3. Vocabulary for different places in a building: lift, floor, corridor, open plan office, coffee machine.
Responsibilities
1. Practice using: (Don’t) Have to, can/can’t (permission) to talk about the things we have to do at work.
2. More verb/noun partnerships: meet a deadline, target, prepare for a business trip, wear protective clothing.
How many messages?
1. Describing quantity using: both, enough, some, many, few, a lot (of) etc
2. Organizing a meeting, asking for information
3. Role-play a telephone conversation to reserve a hotel room over the telephone.
Business trip
1. Extended speaking practice through role-plays about different travel situations: reserving tickets with a travel agent, checking in at the airport and arriving at a hotel.
Health and safety - An accident at work
1. In this lesson the student will learn about issues related to health and safety at work.
2. The student will learn about standard work practices to prevent accidents and eliminate risk.
3. The student will learn what to do if there is an accident at work.
4. In addition the student will practice vocabulary related to this topic and consolidate the use of imperatives to give instructions and orders.