Discussing how business works

Business

Apr 10, 2024

LESSON SET OVERVIEW

With this lesson set, your students will:

learn business-related vocabulary,
watch and discuss videos,
talk about challenges different businesses might face,
reflect on the topic of competition in business,
work with case studies.

The set lets students work on their Business English and provides useful vocabulary as well as plenty of activities to practise it.

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Lesson 1

Start with talking about business and challenges in general

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There’s no business without challenges

Business

Before class, students revise synonyms to the word ‘company’ and learn useful business collocations (e.g. keep up with demand, source something locally, find a niche in the market). In class, they discuss what challenges different businesses might face and watch a series of short interviews. The lesson also includes two case studies that students analyse in groups.

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Lesson 2

Focus on discussing competition in business

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Competition in business

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Students learn business-related vocabulary (e.g. fill a niche, compete, win in the market, monopoly), watch a video about competition, read and discuss the story of Nokia, and work with a case study. Encourage students to use the vocabulary from Lesson 1 in ex. 3 (slide 10) and in ex. 8, 9 (slides 20, 22).

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