| LESSON OVERVIEW
Thanks to this business case study worksheet, students learn phrasal verbs to talk about companies, watch a video presenting a case study and discuss situations in which companies face different problems.
C1 / Advanced45 minFlipped LessonUnlimited Plan
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PRE‐CLASS ACTIVITIES
The pre‐class part includes two vocabulary exercises. First, students read a few sentences and have to choose the best word (A, B or C) to complete them. Thanks to that, students will learn words and phrases such as flat revenues, equity stake, majority shareholder, etc. All of the vocabulary will later appear in the video. Next, students read some sentences and complete phrasal verbs with the correct words provided in the box. The phrasal verbs in this exercise are connected with companies and their operations, e.g. buy out, step aside or sell off.
IN‐CLASS ACTIVITIES
Video & Discussion
The in‐class part starts with a short discussion about companies, the problems they face and some exit strategies. After that, students watch the first part of a short video presenting a business case study and need to complete a table with the missing information. In the second listening comprehension task, students watch the rest of the video and need to discuss a few questions.
Vocabulary & Case Studies
Then, students read three short texts and have to complete them with missing prepositions. Apart from checking students’ knowledge of phrasal verbs they learnt beforehand, we also revise some common expressions such as see eye to eye, click with someone or be on the same page. After completing the texts, in their own words, students need to explain what the expressions mean. Finally, this business case study worksheet ends with a discussion. Students read the three situations again, weigh up the possible options and say what decisions they would take when faced with such challenges.
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You’re the BEST! Going to try this brand new class tomorrow and let you know how it goes 🙂
Perfect! Looking forward to your feedback 🙂
FANTASTIC! I’m really looking forward to use this in my coming lessons. Thank you!
Hi guys! Thanks for another great lesson plan. One question concerning exercise 2 sentence C: there is a choice between “step down” and “step aside”. The dictionary says that both expressions mean withdraw or resign from an important position or office. What do you think about this case?
Sorry! I’ve just realised my mistake 🙂
No worries, it happens 🙂
Hello, could ‘step down’ also be used in this case? Thanks
Hi! That’s right! In this exercise students need to complete the gaps and not choose one option. In that case we provided one correct option there, i.e. ‘step down’, and students need to find other word in the box that can also complete this phrasal verb, i.e. ‘aside’. So when they do it correctly, they end up with two correct options ‘step aside’ and ‘step down’ that can be both used in that case.
When I download the PowerPoint it’s all messed up and I can’t fix it. It always happens and I have always fixed all lessons but this one is just impossible to fix…
I really want to use the lesson but I can’t. Can you help me, Pleeeeease?
As we design our lessons in Google Slides, we recommend using that for teaching online and editing our e-lesson plans. There’s an option to download our e-lesson plans in pptx but as you already know the formatting will be off. We simply can’t guarantee the same experience using pptx as when using Google Slides. I’m sorry but there’s not much I can do here.
If you really need this lesson in an offline version, download it as a PDF. You’ll lose the animations and editing capabilities but it will look the way it should.
Excellent, as usual. I used in my class today. Awesome!
This is actually perfect for my business English students! Thank you so much 🙂
Thank you SO MUCH for this case studies. Case studies are so useful and in such high demand!!!
I’m happy they come in handy! You can find other lessons with case studies here
Thank you so much for this!!
This eases my worry for the first bussiness english class tmr
Happy to hear that and good luck with your classes 🙂
Great content! It will be really useful for my classes.
I really liked the case studies created in the end, as well as the video selected.
The vocabulary activities are really good but they might be a little overwhelming. I decided to select some of them.
Thanks for the amazing content!
I’ve created extra activities to boost students speaking. I could share if you wish.
Hi! Thanks for such positive feedback on the lesson plan, I’m really happy to hear that 🙂 Regarding the extra activities, sure, you can upload them somewhere and share a link with us here (as long as the activities are your original ideas and do not include any tasks from coursebooks, etc.).