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◦DoubleDealing
Unit3mee1ngs+wri1ngminutes;Unit9generalbusinessvocab;
Unit7smalltalk;someformalwri1ng(U3,U5reports);+3
listenings
◦English365
Lotsoflisteningandspeakingac1vi1es,plussocialising
◦Interna1onalExpress
Manybusinessfunc1onscovered,withhopefullyplentyofrelevant
speakingprac1ce(includingpronuncia1on,whichAnacould
improve);nofocusonsocialising
(Jose)
Ana
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◦TheBusiness
Plentyofformalbusinesswri1ng;contractvocab;plentyofrelevant
speaking;butnosocialising
◦IntelligentBusiness(part)
Unit9onsmalltalk;otherwise,notmuch?
◦IntelligentBusiness(part2)
Unit3onsummarising(spokenlanguage??);+Unit0giving
reasons??andUnit2makingacase??
Overall:
Thewri1ngaspectcouldbelargelycoveredbyTheBusiness.Other
areasbyEnglish365?Yes...shouldbebook...Whatareyour
thoughts?.
(Jose)
Ana
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IagreethatTheBusinesscouldbeagoodchoiceforAna,especiallyforwri1ng.The"Speaking"sec1onalsolooksuseful,sincethe
ac1vi1escouldbedoneingroupswherelisteningisequally
important.Withoutseeingthechapters,it'shardtosayhowthe
bookwouldhandlethespeakingsec1ons.I'llassumethatwewould
needtoprovideadjustmentstothoseacitvi1estomakethemmore
listening-focused.
MyimpressionofEnglish365isthatit'sforalowerlevelstudent
thanAna,basedonthegrammarpointsmen1oned.
WhatI'duseinTheBusinessforAna:
(Carol)
Ana
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Thechart-basedvisualorganiza1on,whichiseasytounderstandandpresentslanguagesskillsinthecontextofabusinessarea.We
couldpresentoursyllabusinthesameway.
-Allthe"Grammar"and"Speaking"and"Wri1ng"topics
-Under"AboutBusiness"Ilike3.,4.andperhaps5.
-Under"CaseStudies"it'shardtoknowwhichonestokeep,but
I'dguess3.6,4.6and5.6mightbeOKsincetheygowiththetopicsI
pickedunder"AboutBusiness”
Under"Vocabulary"Ilike3.2,4.2,5.2and8.2
WhatI'daddtosupplementTheBusiness:
-Under"Speaking":addanewlinefor"GengClarifica1on"
-Under"Wri1ng"weneedanewlinefor"DraingContracts"
-Under"AboutBusiness"I'dreplace.,2.,6.,7.and8.withcontextswegetfromAna(perhapswecouldguessafewforour
aemptatasyllabus).Wecouldalsoaddanewlinefor
"Socializing",whichmeanswe'dhavetocomeupwithtopicsforthe
grammar,speaking,wri1ng,etccolumns.
(Carol)
Ana
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Forthecasestudiesrela1ngtothosenewbusinesscontexts,wecouldgetsomefromAna'spastexperience,orwecouldfinda
coupleofcasesrelatedtothesportsagentorhospitalitybusiness
Wecouldadda"Listening"columnwithtopicsthatrelatedtothe
onesinthe"Speaking"column(Carol)
Ana
Iagreewithwhatthetwoofyousay,andacknowledgethe
importanceofsocializingac1vi1eswhicharenotastrenghtinTheBusiness.Ithinkthattheaddi1onsmadebyCarolcouldreasonably
fitAna´sneeds.
Overall,TheBusinessisthebetmatchforAna,ifwethinkthatthere
shouldbeonlyonebooktobepicked,asitcoversawidearrayof
situa1onsrelatedtowri1ngskills,skillofwhichAnaneedsto
improve.Assumingthatthesamebookalsoofferslisteningprac1cesonthetopicsthatitaimstoexplore,itcouldonlybenefit
hermoreifthevocabularycoveredinthebookrelatesmoreclosely
toherneeds,whichcanbeachievedthroughtheammendments
madebyCarol.
(Alex)
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AsusualI'mhappywithwhatyou'vewrien.SinceImustcontribute,herearesomethoughtsthatcametomind:
-yourreasonforchoosingthoseCaseStudiesseemslogical,butI
wonderifweneedtohaveanycasestudiesatall?Ifweneedthem,
thenperhapsbeerifwefindcasestudiesaboutthesportsagent
orhospitalitybusiness(isthisaseasy/quickasitsounds?)
-yousuggestaddinganewspeakingac1vity"GengClarifica1on",
butIwonderifthatmightbecoveredunderSpeaking7.4
"Communica1nginmee1ngs"?
-listeningandsocialisingareimportantareasthatarenot
adequatelycovered(forAna'sneeds)inthebook.Yousuggest
addingthem,buthowdowedothat?Tomethemost
straighorwardwayseemstousematerialfromothersources-
preferablyfromonlyonebook.Ifweusedanyoftheotherbooksin
(Jose)
Ana
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thelistthiswouldcontravenethebrief,butinreallifewouldn'twelikelydothis,usewhatwehavetohandifitwasuseful?Ahigher
levelEnglish365?
IknowIdidn'tclearlysayso,butIdidn'tmeantosuggestthatwe
shoulduseallormanyofthebooks;thatlistofbookswasreally
meantasalistoffeatures(ineachbook)thatIthoughtcouldbe
usefulforourpurposes.However,Ididsuggestthatweusetwo
books,butCarolpointsoutthattheEnglish365inthelististoolow
level.
(Jose)
Ana
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Young-Hee
JustaheadsupaboutmychoiceofsyllabusforYoungHee.Ithought
Interna1onalExpresshasagoodmixofgrammar,vocabulary,skills,
pronuncia1on,aswellasbusinessfunc1onsandmeansof
communica1on,thatYoungneedstoprac1ce,beforeapplyingfora
secretarialjob.Lemmeknowifyouagree;nopointgoingany
further,otherwise.
(Susan)
Interna1onalExpresslookedpreygood.Iwasabittornbetween
thatandEnglish365forYoungHee.You'rerightaboutwhatIEhas
tooffer...lotsforher.OnethingIdidn'tlikeaboutitwasthefocus
ongrammar.Therewasanicerangeofvocabularyinit,though,so
shewuoldgetsomeBus.EandsomeGenE.
Myfirstinclina1onwastouseEnglish365,butaerreadingyour
commentsandlookingatbothofthem,Ithinkyouare
right....Interna1onalExpressisprobablytheright'core'bookfor
YoungHee.ItisverynicelyBusE.related,andnotattoohigha
level.Iwasn'ttoofussyaboutthetpics,though.
(Heather)
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Young-Hee
E365istoobasic,butIdidlikehowthebookprogressed,introducingonegrammarstructureforusethroughoutacycleof
threechapters.
Whatdidyouthnkofthose2headings:'skillsfocus'and'focuson
func1ons'?Ithoughtthatthesub-headingsunderSFweretopics,
andthesubheadingunderFonFwereperformancetasks.Itgot
clearerinthesecondhalf,butthefirst/2stumpedme.
Ithinkoneofthethingsthatdefinitelyneedsaddingtohereismore
performancetasks,especiallyintheareasofspeaking,andlistening
forapurpose.
(Heather)
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Young-Hee
yestheSkillsfocusaretopicsandtheFonfunc1ons,therelated
businessfunc1ons.IthoughtsomeofthetopicslikeNa1onal
Branding,GapyrsforadultsandEthicalconsumerismwere
unrelatedtoYoung'ssphereofworkInsteadcanweincorporate
EmailEgo,Socialisingand+=?fromdoubleDealingandusethem
todevelopL/W/R/Sskills?Alterna1vely,SocialPhrasesatwork/
outsideandCommunca1ngatworkfromEnglish365.Arewe
allowedtodothis?.
(Susan)