Content Admin Group B Fall 2007
English for Administrative Staff
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Table of Contents
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WEEK 1: INTRODUCTIONS and PLACEMENT TEST
September 25 & 27, 2007
- Introductions
- Needs assessment survey
- Textbook and syllabus
- Placement test
WEEK 2: EMPLOYMENT
October 2 , 2007
- Pretest review
- Employment brainstorming and warming-up (Market Leader, pp. 68-69)
- Homework (Oct. 2): Vocabulary text, p. 69 C
October 4 , 2007
- Vocabulary (p. 69)
- Reading and discussion: "Motivating high-calibre staff"
- Listening about headhunting
- Homefun: Extra reading and questions about "Voodoo expense" (find the answers here)
WEEK 3: EMPLOYMENT CONTINUED
October 9 , 2007
- Language review: Indirect questions and statements (p. 72)
- Good and bad meetings brainstorm
- Skills (p. 73) sections A & B
October 11 , 2007
- Listening: Managing meetings
- Case Study: Slim Gyms (pp. 74-75)
- Home fun: Write a letter offering employment to the successful candidate (p. 74 & Writing file p. 132); submit electronically for feedback
WEEK 4: TRADE
October 16 , 2007
- Vocabulary exercises: Management
- Introduction to trade
- Homework: Dictionary work with words from p. 77, exercise E
October 18, 2007
- Talking about free trade: vocabulary work and listening
- Homework: Preview the article on fair trade (p. 79) and find out where the following items come from in your household — sugar, coffee, bananas, cocoa, and tea
WEEK 5: FAIR TRADE
October 23, 2007
- Fair trade reading (pp. 78-79)
- Language: Conditions
- Homefun: Vocabulary handout about trade
October 25, 2007
- Negotiating techniques
WEEK 6: NEGOTIATING
October 30, 2007
- Negotiating
- Homejoy: Extra reading about globalization
November 1, 2007
- Happy Halloween
- This is Halloween from The Nightmare Before Christmas
- Lyrics to "This is Halloween"
- Quality: Introduction
- Homework: Vocabulary work (p. 85)
WEEK 7: QUALITY
November 6, 2007
- Introduction and vocabulary
- Skills: Telephone complaints
- Homework: Pre-read Meile focuses on old-fashioned quality (pp. 86-87)
November 8, 2007
- Reading: Old-fashioned quality
- Homefun: Gerunds and infinitives (p. 88)
WEEK 8: GERUNDS & INFINITIVES
November 13, 2007
- Listening: I will survive by Gloria Gaynor
- Gerunds and Infinitives
- Homework: Handout
- For extra help, consult [*www.googlefight.com GoogleFight]
November 15, 2007
- Gerunds and Infinitives
- Case study: Airlines
- Homework: Write a report for the case study (p. 91 and p. 136)
WEEK 9: ETHICS
November 20, 2007
- Defining ethics
- Getting started (p. 92-93)
- Homework: Vocabulary B (p. 93) and Industrial Espionage reading
November 22, 2007
No class: HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
WEEK 10: ETHICS CONTINUED
November 27, 2007
- Warm-up discussion questions (p. 92C)
- Vocabulary work
- Read No hiding place for the irresponsible business
- Homefun: Word work, Exercise E (p. 95) and take a look at UT's mission statement
November 29, 2007
- Guide for writing an organizational mission statement
- University of Tartu's strategic plan, mission, and vision
WEEK 11: MISSION STATEMENTS
December 3, 2007
- UT domains and vocabulary
December 5, 2007
- Narrative tenses
- Story telling
HOLIDAY PARTY
5:30 p.m. in Lossi
It's a Wonderful Life and socializing
WEEK 12: ETHICS PART 2
December 11, 2007
- Re-telling stories
- Listening: The Co-operative bank
December 13, 2007
- Listening: Problem-solving
- Case study (pp. 97-99)
WINTER HOLIDAY
- Courses resume in February!
WINTER HOLIDAY
- Please take the time to fill out our course evaluation
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