Unit 4 Listening to Meetings Speaking Practice Pay

Unit 4: Listening to Meetings Speaking Practice

Pay Attention in Class!

October 19 th PPT Slide: Suffixes Used for Nationality Suffix -ian -ean -ish -ese (others) Country (中文） 伊朗 美国 丹麦 日本 Country (English） Iran Nationality (English） 1 person Iranian an Iranian The United States of America Denmark Japan Language Farsi English Danish Japanese a Danish a Dane a Japanese person Danish Japanese

Meeting Vocabulary • meeting when people come together to discuss something. • chairperson: the person who runs the meeting. • participant a person involved in the meeting (not the chairperson) • marketing strategy a plan designed to promote and sell a product or service.

Other words goggles product launch the introduction of a new product to market. outlet a shop or store.

We’re Listening to a Meeting 3 Times • What should we write down the first time we listen? → Aims: 1 _________ 2__________ → Participants: Katharina Julia __________ • What are the two aims of the meeting? • Why does Katharina want to launch the goggles early in the year? • Which months for the launch do the participants discuss? • Which types of shops does Julia want to target?

Page 38 SKILLS Exercise B 1. What are the two aims of the meeting? • choose a launch date • choose a marketing strategy 2. Why does Katharina want to launch the goggles early in the year? • goggles are technically advanced; there’s no need to wait 3. Which months for the launch do the participants discuss? Kat Ken Nadia Inge (CP) Julia Feb May Feb Mar June 4. Which types of shops does Julia want to target? Specialty sports stores

Page 39 SKILLS Exercise C 1. Can we start, please? 1. 2. The purpose of this meeting is to decide the date 2. of the launch. 3. Katharina, what do you think? 3. 4. OK, let’s hear a few more views. 4. 5. Nadia, how do you feel about this? 5. 6. You’re right, Katharina. Let’s get back to the point. 6. 7. OK everyone, I think on balance we agree. 7. 8. I want us to talk about sales outlets now. 8. ☑ ___ ☑ ☑ ___

Dry Cleaning Role Play Vocabulary refuse: not willing to accept; to decline fee: price charged for a specific service acceptable: meets the requirements

Breakout Group Check your We. Chat. You will either be role play group 1 or role play group 2. You will do a role play with one other partner. You will have 2 minutes to read the card to yourself (DO NOT TALK TO YOUR PARTNER WHILE YOU ARE READING)

Dry Cleaning Role Plays! • Role Play #1 Part A A: Call American Dry Cleaning (speaker B). You want to ask for information about getting your suit jacket dry-cleaned. You need the jacket for an interview tomorrow evening. During the conversation, you should: find out the cost and the time it takes to dry-clean a coat. If you think the time to wait is too long, find out if you can get it faster. If you think the price and wait time is acceptable, say that you’ll take your coat to the cleaner this afternoon. If not, politely refuse the offer. _____________________________________ • Role Play #1 Part B B: You work for American Dry Cleaning. You receive a call from a potential customer (speaker A). During the conversation, you should: answer speaker’s questions. tell the speaker the wait time for dry-cleaning is 2 -3 days. offer to clean the speaker’s clothing faster for an additional fee. if Speaker A agrees, get his contact information.

Website Maintenance Negotiation Role Play • Website maintenance: the job of keeping a company’s website working and up-to-date. • contract: a legal agreement between at least two people or companies (合同) • If your name is closer to “A”, go to page 136, Exercise E • If your name is closer to “Z”, go to page 139, Exercise E

Website Maintenance Negotiation Role Play A You want: A 3 -year contract Role Play B • You are the manager of a bank. • You want: A 1 -year contract You want to see how well the company does the job and if they are reliable before giving them a long contract. This allows you to offer the best service to customers. It will be profitable for you. The website to be tested each month This gives you the best level of service to the client and increase your earnings. Response time- 24 hours If there is an emergency, you want up to 24 hours to solve any problems. The website to be tested every three months You want the maintenance costs to be as low as possible. You would like to have weekly checks on website security. Response time – 2 hours You want to be able to contact the website maintenance company at any hour if there is an emergency. You want the maintenance company to solve any problems within 2 hours.

Newspaper Phone Call Role Play A Role Play B You (speaker A) work for the Springfield Daily newspaper delivery office and sell newspaper subscriptions to companies. Speaker B works for named Doctor Huang’s dental office. That office called last Friday about wanting to buy a newspaper subscription for the Doctor’s office. CALL Speaker B. You (speaker B) work for Dr. Huang’s dental office. Last week, you called the Springfield Daily newspaper delivery office wanting a newspaper subscription. They did not answer. Your phone rings. ANSWER the phone. Offer the caller a 7 -day subscription for a price Confirm the day you will deliver the first newspaper Confirm the delivery address Introduce yourself and the company you work for If asked about newspaper subscriptions • → order a one year, five-day per week subscription starting in November. Confirm the price of the newspaper.

Homework #5 • Complete Textbook page 51 VOCABULARY Exercises A, B, and C • Complete Textbook page 54 SKILLS Exercise D • Complete Textbook page 74 Exercises A, B, and C ONLY AFTER COMPLETING THE ABOVE • Do Edmodo homework #5 Due Date Brisbane/Canberra: 2 -NOV-2020 (14: 00) Due Date: Sydney/Melbourne: 4 -NOV-2020 (14: 00)