What do you know about changes in the aviation industry?

Are things improving for

small airlines

large airlines

passengers

the environment

airline staff?

Delicatessen

fall increasedecrease risego down go upgrow shrink

fell

decreased

went down

shrankrose

increased

went up

grew

Project Planning TermsMatch a word on the left with the correct definition on the right.

A particular period of time during the development of something

2. milestone

1. resources

3. green light

4. deadline

5. phase

A specific time or date by which you have to do something

Something such as money, workers, or equipment that can be used to help an institution or business

The official approval to go ahead with something

An event or achievement which marks an important stage in a project

Listening for detail - Did you get it right?

GRAPH 1 TOURISTS

10000

9000

1000

800070006000500040003000

2000

January April July October January

Describe the trend shown in the diagram below

organic wine

non-organic wine

10% 50% 60%

1998 Today 5 yearsfrom now

1 ORGANIC WINE: MARKET SHARE IN THE UK

Describe the trend shown in the diagram below

2 PRICE OF SHARES IN BRINFIELD AUTOS

2 days ago

$10

$5

Shar

e pr

ice

yesterday today tomorrow

Describe the trend shown in the diagram below

3 WIDGETS: EFFICIENCY OF PRODUCTION

Last year

10

5

Now Next year

Tim

e in

min

utes

Describe the trend shown in the diagram below

4 SALES OF WIDGETS

Sale

s / Y

ear (

thou

sand

s)

100

75

50

25

3 years ago

2 years ago

Last year

This year

forecast

Describe the trend shown in the diagram below

5 COST OF PETROL IN AUSTRALIA

Describe this process using the present simple passive

cut

transport

sell

make

cut

Presentations

Why do people give presentations?

Have you ever given a presentation?

When you give a presentation what

are the most important things to

remember?

First of all

Signposting

Are there any questions?

Thank you for coming

Match the presentation phrases

a) we’ll look at how this has affected our share prices

2. First of all

1. I’d like to start by

3. After that

4. Moving on to

5. Let’s go back and look at

b) our share prices : the next slide shows us...

c) giving you a short overview of today’s presentation

d) showing you how we aim to reach this target

e) we’re going to look at the sales figures for the last two years.

6. I’d like to finish by f) the first slide again

Sequencing and imperatives

Don’t forget Then Secondly After that Make sure Firstly Finally

1) ____________, decide on the budget for the stand.

2) ____________, choose the size and the location of the stand.

3) ____________, design the stand (shelving scheme, display area).

4) _______ ______ you book your stand space with the exhibition organizers.

5) _______ _______ to think about your colour scheme, graphic panels, and audio-visual equipment.

6) _______ _______ organize the logistics of the delivery (stand, publicity, products

7) _____________, set up the stand.

Firstly

Secondly

Don’t forget

Then

Make sure

After that

Finally

free in-flight food free headphones carbon footprint of flight a lot of legroom

wide seats seatback TV fast check-in free newspapers or magazines

seat allocation friendly cabin crew free in-flight drinks a clean and tidy plane

How important are these things for you when you fly?Rate the following as A: (very important), B: (important) or C: (not important)

Work in two groups. You are the managing directors at ScotAir, a traditional airline with a long history. ScotAir is in trouble. It is losing a lot of customers to its low cost competitors. Share prices are falling and the stockholders are demanding that something be done, quickly!

Discussion

Group BYou don’t think ScotAir needs to start a new budget subsidiary. Think of the reasons why a budget subsidiary would be a bad idea, consider the staff, passengers, the environment. Prepare to present your ideas to the rest of the class.

Group AYou think ScotAir needs to start a new budget subsidiary. Think of the reasons why a budget subsidiary would be a good idea, consider the staff, passengers, the environment. Prepare to present your ideas to the rest of the class.