商务英语Unit1IntroductionsandgreetingsUnit 1 Introductions and GreetingsTime 3* 90'ObjectivesWhen the learners finish learning this unit, they should be able tomaking introductionmaking self-introductionFocusInitiate a conversationEstablish a relationWarming upStarting with a self-introduction: "Hi, my name is Sarah, and I'm your teacher of the course BEC. Glad to meet you."Q1: Do you know who I am now?Q2: Do you know what I'm doing here?(Some students would like to try to answer the question, but hardly can give a complete one. Make the second introduction again, with your name on the board. After this, repeat the above two questions, and this time, quite a few students are surely to be able to answer.)Q3: What did I do just now? (self-introduction)Q4: What would you think if I didn't do that first?(We don't know who you are and why you are here)Making self-introduction is the first step to initiate a conversation or establish a relation. That's the skills we will practice in this unit.1.1 Introducing yourselfA Discussion1. Read the two pictures and work out: What are they doing?(introduction) How are they doing? (shake hands, smile, make eye-contact, bend body, exchange business card) What are they speaking? (Glad to meet you)2. Unlike in Chinese, self introduction in English is conducted in this way (on board):1) greeting (Hi)------presenting one's name (My name is/ I am XXX )------showing willingness for the meeting(nice to met you).2) respond with showing happiness(nice to met you, too)------- present one's name (My name is/ I am XXX ).B Listening & Demonstration.1. Listen to the tape and match the conversation to the pictures.Imitation is necessary as that can help student familiarize with verbal devices, and then facilitate later demonstration.2. DiscussionQ1: Is there any difference between the two dialogue? (Yes.) Q2: What is it? (The first is more formal than the second one.)3. Role play1) Practice with partner as at a business meeting where you are strangers to each other.2) Help is offered when needed but encouragement is more needed as students are not used to this practice, while some think this is too easy.4. Demonstration1) Ask students come to the stage to demonstrate. The first group should be the one who have not practiced seriously. By demonstration, they can realize that practice doesn't mean reading is enough.2) The later group should be volunteers.5. Discussion on demonstration with such questions:1) Is there any room for improving ?2) What suggestion would you make?6.Sum up the discussion:Not only verbal devices should be employed, non-verbal devices also are required in self introduction, such as hand shake, smile, bend body, offer business card, and etc.7. Demonstration again. Encourage those who have practiced do that again first, then others.C ListeningThe listening material is not tough at all but is can be designed as the base for later practice.1. Listen to the recording.2. After listening, all students are to give oneself a new name and put it on a slip. Collect the slip and then ask some one to take one of them and then start looking for the one bearing the name on the slip.3. Useful expression:Excuse me. Are you XXX?Sorry for interruption.That's alright.1.2 Saying where you are fromA Reading1. Read this advertisement and make the statements True or False.2. Check the answer.This reading material is not tough literally speaking. However for students, the name of certain cities or countries are of problem as they are seldom mentioned in their other textbooks. After finishing 1.2, the students should get an idea that as aninternational business person, one has to know the main business countries as well as their cultures, so they would try to collect such related information on their own.Suggested answer: 1) T, 2) T, 3) F, 4) T, 5) F, 6) T, 7) T, 8) F, 9) TB Listening1. Make sure of the requirement for this task -- Match the guests' names to the office.1) Read the name of the cities properly.2) Know ell the cities are located repectively.2. Listen to the tape twice.Suggested answer: 1) Moscow , 2) New York , 3) Colombia ,4) New Delhi ,5) New Delhi , 6) Beijing , 7) BrusselsC Role play1. Read the file on Page 116 and 118 respectively and make sure that the aim of the task is clear and well understood.2. Practice in pairs while teacher should tour round in the classroom and offer help in case it is needed. Encouragement is motivation.3. Demonstration and comment.1.3 Introducing other peopleA ListeningThis task is also easy in terms of literally devices, but doing that as role play could help students to see how badly skill practice they need./doc/13742471.html,plete the conversation with the phrases in the box.1) Complete the conversation.2) Check the answer.Suggested answer: 1) How are you? 2) do you know BrianTurner? 3) He works in Milan .4) Please to meet you, Mr. Tokini. 5) Have a seat, Giovanni. 6) Cream and sugar, please.2. Role play based on the completed conversation.3. Discuss: Making introduction is a common practice in business career. How to do that? There are some tips: Introduce the visited one to the visiting one first.Introduce the junior positioned one to the senior one first.Introduce the younger one to the elder one first.Introduce the male to the female first.After conducting introduction, the introducer usually should find an excuse as to leave the new acquaintances to chat.B Language focus1.Study the examples in the box.2. Read the files on Page 63, Yuki's file, File 29 and 30, discuss which of the four would be favorable as candidates?C WritingLook at the pictures and work out what people are saying.This task is based on previous practice and it is always very easy for students majored in English.It can be taken as a relax as previous practice and discussion is some stressful.Sum-upIn this unit, we learnt:1. How to properly make a self introduction as to establish a relation.2. How to properly make others known to each other by an introduction.3. In communication, non-verbal devices are required.Assignment1. Role pay: group leader should see that every one in the group practices the skills of introduction and self introduction. ( A demonstration is to be made in next session).2. Learn all the names of countries and cities by heart.。
