Adults 5
In-Company Classes:
General English: Level 5.2
GRAMMAR, VOCABULARY,
ETC
VOCABULARY
ACTIVITIES FOR THE
DIFFERENT UNITS
Powerhouse
Upper Intermediate Unit 6: Persuasion
Marketing
strategies
'Gimme a Bud'
is an academic (but highly readable) paper by Samuel Turcotte on
the movie
product-placement industry.
The
Product Placement Bible is an
amusing satire on product placement which imagines products
placed in Bible stories.
Home
Arts interviews Sarah Ferguson (the Duchess of York), the
'world's most famous weight watcher.'
One
of Sarah
Ferguson's WeightWatchers adverts was withdrawn after
Princess Diana's death.
Using
NLP
NLP.com
claims to be the best NLP
source - for links, information and listings of activities.
The
Skeptic's Dictionary provides a
more cynical view of NLP.
This article
from Fast Company magazine has "tips from the masters"
on sales
techniques.
The
Idea Site for Business has an article on the
best sales techniques in the world by Phyllis Sheerin Ross.
Salesman Dave Kahle talks about the
importance of asking questions when selling.
Jon Elliston
writes on the history
of public scares about subliminal techniques.
There
are online articles about P T Barnum at Encyclopædia
Britannica and infoplease.com.
Skyline
5: Unit
7 – The world of sports
Powerhouse
Upper Intermediate Unit 8: The Deal
Deals
around the world
BusinessCulture.com
is a site specialising
in business and culture, and includes links to pages on
specific countries.
A
proposal
Batna.com has
a practical page with tips
for preparing for a negotiation.
The
Conflict Resolution Network has a page dealing with negotiating
skills.
Negotiating
tales
You can download
a copy of Sun Tzu's 'Art of War', an ancient text on warfare
much quoted by management gurus.
The
Central Washington University site has an article on 'interest-based
bargaining,' focusing on negotiations between management and
labour.
Game
theory is one of the ideas most frequently associated with
negotiating. Roger A McCain aims to make the
principles of game theory accessible to a general audience.
Skyline
5 Unit
8 – The image industry
Powerhouse
Upper Intermediate Unit 9: Globalization
Myth
or revolution
PBS looks at globalisation's
impact on human rights.
The
International Center for Human Rights and Democratic Development
has a paper on globalisation
and workers' human rights in the APEC region.
The
Resource Center of the Americas has a page on labour,
globalisation and human rights.
The Dalai Lama gives a speech on humanity
and globalisation.
The
Turning Point Project has a globalisation
page with links to resources and campaigns.
The
UN's Human Development Report provides some facts
about global inequalities.
The Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse
University offers several informative pages:
What
is 'globalisation' and why are we talking about it?
What
are multinational corporations?
Arguments
for and against multinational corporations in developing
countries.
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You can read
a transcript of an
interview with Norman Lamont which covers Black Wednesday
here.
George
Soros says Britain must join the EMU.
George
Soros's official biography is at the Soros organisation's
website.
Time
magazine has an
article on Soros's philanthropy.
Linda
Davies writes on the
psychology of financial speculators.
International
finance
The origins
of the Asian financial crisis and the significance
of the Seattle WTO protests, from the Maxwell School
of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University.
Paul
Krugman, a Princeton economist, argues that many
anti-WTO arguments are bogus.
'The
World Trade Organization Works For You' is a US government
paper by trade representative Charlene Barshefsky.
Foreign
Policy In Focus has a paper on the Global
Sustainable Development Resolution.
The
Nation magazine has an article on the
'promise' of the Seattle WTO protests.
You
can take quizzes
about global finance at Australian Broadcasting
Corporation's site.
Travel
The American
Express Small Business Service contains country
reports on 78 countries round the world, with information
about travel and etiquette.
About.com
has general tips
for the business traveller.
Women's
Wire has travel
tips aimed at women in business.
Using
humour
A collection
of jokes
about business is at Jim's Joke Repository.
Working
in other cultures
BusinessCulture.com
is a
site specialising in business and culture, and includes
links to pages on specific countries.
The
Web Of Culture has a guide to the significance
of gestures around the world.
Richard
Hill has written several articles on the
manifestations of national culture.
Skyline
5 Unit
9 – A question of luck
Powerhouse
Upper Intermediate Unit 10: Vision
Past
and present visions
PBS's Science Odyssey compares what we know now with what
we knew a hundred years ago.
To
see how engineering has shaped the modern world, have a look at
the twenty
greatest engineering achievements of the twentieth century
from US National Academy of Engineering.
The
American Smithsonian Institution presents a collection
of historical images of science with original captions.
William
Nielson Brandt of Georgia State University offers a page of
timelines tracing developments
in many scientific and technological fields.
Reporting
speech
ZDNet has a summary of a
speech given by Carly Fiorina in 1999.
Shere
Hite's website has plenty of information
on the woman and her ideas.
Opportunity
and invention
Wired magazine has an 'Encyclopædia
of the New Economy' and Kevin Kelly's original article 'New
Rules for a New Economy'.
Inc.
magazine presents the
negative side of the New Economy, with an article entitled
'I was seduced by the New Economy' about the damage some New
Economy ideas have done to business.
Presentations
1 and Presentations 2
Presenters Online is a
site dedicated to presentations, and includes advice and
training.
The
University of Kentucky offers a
glossary of rhetorical terms with examples.
For
more
on Tom Peters, check an interview he gave to Reason
magazine.
The
long now
For more on the
Clock of the Long Now, go to the Long Now Foundation's home
page.
Wired
magazine has a long article
about Danny Hillis and the Long Now.
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10 – Time Out
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11 – Furry friends
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12 – Using language skills
- www.worldwidewords.org
Unit 12 takes a look at the 4 skills of reading,
writing, speaking and listening. The site gives a
worldwide perspective and includes features such as articles
investigating the international use of English from a
British viewpoint, the differences between British and
American English, how the English language spread around the
world and a glossary of weird words. You can either give
your students some comprehension questions or ask them to
complete a project.
- http://www.path2english.com/Tips.htm
http://www.englishtips.com/
http://www.loquitur.co.uk/tips.html
Here are 3 sites that look at the best ways to learn
English. By now you have a lot of experience of learning,
what do they think?
The first
not only includes a number of steps but also clearly focuses on
all 4 skills mentioned in this unit. There is also an
opportunity to contact the webmaster and send in ideas of your
own!
The second
is a free online magazine. You will need to subscribe online and
therefore this site is probably only useful if you have quite a
bit of time to devote to this issue. Again, it could be nice to
get your students to send in contributions.
The third
site gives 10 points.
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