Unit 6: Building Relationships

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Building and keeping good relationships has always been important in business and remains a vital skill for everyone who wishes to advance their careers and be successful at what they do. The article in this unit offers insight on how to build business relationships in the 21st century.

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: Building Relationships

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

Building and keeping good relationships has always been important in business and even in the 21st Century the best way to do this is in person. Although social networking sites like Linkedin can be utilized as a good way of developing an existing relationship, they can not replace face to face communication. Whether you are attending a conference with hundreds of delegates or taking part in an… 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.

Most people judge others in the first five seconds of meeting them.

The staff took advantage of the manager's absence and left 20 minutes early.

John is very open and this makes him good at socializing.

In a team, all members must be able to count on each other.

Over the past year the business has developed a lot.

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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.

Do you agree that social networking cannot replace face to face communication? Why / why not?

What advice would you give to a friend who wants to make a good first impression with co-workers?

How could you be better at networking?

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