Discussing how business works

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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
Business English worksheet for B1
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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
talk about business
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Competition in business

Business

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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