Unit 4: Projects

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Projects are common in a busy office. This unit covers the relevant vocabulary you will need when working on a project or working with a team, and it contains an example dialog at a project meeting.

Did you know? The following activities can be customized as desired by the teacher or school pedagogue.

Basic activities (computer-graded)

Vocabulary Builder Activity

Students will learn the following key terms and phrases:

Reading Activity: Dialog at a project meeting:

Students will be able to correctly answer true/false questions after reading and listening to topical short articles and dialogs featuring topical vocabulary.

Tim: Ok guys, so following on from last week's brainstorming sessions, I just wanted to say that management are seriously thinking about a lot of the ideas you mentioned. Pete: Great. Now what about the timeframe? Have they agreed to extend it by the extra month? Tim: Yes, so our new deadline is the end of January next year. This should give us plenty of time to do… Continue

Multiple Choice Activity

Students will be able to select the best match between unit terms and their definitions.

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Listening Comprehension Activity

Students will be able to listen to short audio clips in English and then spell them correctly.

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Spelling and Recognition

Students will be able to identify and spell a vocabulary term correctly given only the definition.

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Advanced activities (optionally teacher-graded)

Speaking Practice Activity

Students will be able to speak and record 5 example sentences from the unit vocabulary and then submit them for grading by the classroom teacher. If no teacher is available or desired, then the students will be shown good examples of other students' work.

Apple launches a new iPhone every 18 months.

A lot of people forget that the staff is the most valuable resource a company has.

A lot of young people work as volunteers to gain experience.

A lot of good ideas were talked about in the brainstorming.

Over 600 delegates attended the conference.

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Writing Practice Activity

Students will write a short essay to be graded by the teacher. If no teacher is available or desired, then the student is shown previous examples of other writings by students.

What are the advantages and disadvantages of brainstorming?

Have you ever volunteered for anything? What was it?

What resources does your company have?

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