The Global Links
Modules
Module 1: Business Talk
Getting Started
- Introduces the main social language, vocabulary, and grammatical focus
of the unit.
- Students see or hear a language model, often in the context of authentic
material, and then engage in a variety of controlled practice activities
to "get started" using the language communicatively.
Conversation
- Presents the key social language and structures in a guided format.
- Substitution slots in the conversation add flexibility and ensure
that students listen to their partner.
Pronunciation Focus
- Follows each Conversation.
- Uses sentences drawn or adapted from the Conversation to highlight
different features of spoken English and emphasize the development of
better rhythm, intonation, and stress.
Module 2: Business Connections
Listening
- Builds students' aural comprehension abilities through a variety of
listening texts and activities.
- Trains the students in two important listening skills: listening for
general meaning and context and listening for specific information.
- The recordings are spoken at natural speed and include a variety of
native and nonnative English speakers' accents, exposing students to
the different kinds of spoken English they will encounter in business
situations.
Speaking
- An information gap, pair work, role-play, or small group activity
moves students along controlled practice to using the language they
have learned in the unit more freely.
- The speaking activities reinforce the structures and vocabulary presented
in the earlier parts of the unit.
- Speaking activities develop students' ability to exchange information
and ideas in a way that are meaningful to their work environment and
personal career.
Module 3: Global Communication
Reading
- Features informative excerpts from business publications, magazines,
and newspapers about business practices and customs in different cultures.
- Each passage is followed by a task that focuses on a skill that all
businesspeople need: reading for specific information.
Talk About It
- Follows each Reading passage and task.
- Questions prompt simple classroom discussion on the theme and issues
of the Reading.
Writing
- Provides information about the form and content of basic business
writing with particular emphasis one-mail correspondence.
- Students first see models of various types of business writing. They
then follow directions to compose their own e-mail, fax, letter, report,
or other business writing.
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