Business English MACO lesson 5

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Business English MACO, lesson 5

Today

Feedback on two summaries

Work shop on structure

Break

Questions about the sources

Grammar - dependent prepositions

First summary for feedback

1. Pick a summary for feedback.
2. Exchange with a classmate
3. Use the form "Peer feedback on summary 1" (Canvas/Business English/Study material)

Second summary for feedback

1. Pick another summary for feedback.
2. Exchange with a classmate
3. Use the form "Peer feedback on summary 2" (Canvas/Business English/Study material)

Check all of your summaries 

Check for structure

Compare with your neighbour

Ask teacher for help

Sources in your plan

Assignment

Share your structure of the damage control plan with your neighbour

• Do you understand the logic of the plan by reading the structure? If not, give tips. If it is clear, pay a compliment.
• Is a source mentioned for all facts & figures? If not, mark this for repair! 

Grammar

Dependent prepositions

I do not agree ______ you.

I am the president, and I approve ____ this message.

Thinking ___ Holland, I ate the cheese.

Are you satisfied ___ your current provider?

There is a great increase ___ refugees fleeing the warzone.

He is not keen ______ Italian cuisine.

My partner works hard ______ his travel agent job.

Don’t ask me to decide. I’m not very good ________ making decisions.

- Did you pay cash?
- No, I paid ________ credit card.

George is not an idealist; he believes ________ being practical.

The road is busy all the time, even ________ night.

I met a lot of nice people _______ my stay in New York.

The train service is very good. The trains are nearly always ______ time.

Dan is a very fast runner. I wish I could run ______ fast as him.

Write a draft

• Use the assignment
• Use the information of the previous lessons
• Use the information of the next slides

Damage control plan

Circular structure

• promise in introduction
• explanation in body
• come back to promise in conclusion

Paragraph structure

• 1st sentence: connect to previous paragraph AND introduce topic of paragraph (= promise)
• explanation
• mini-conclusion: come back to promise

Note on par. 1

Note that par. 1 introduces the topic. Sentence 1 of paragraph 1 is therefore called the topical sentence. It is the sentence that makes clear what this text is about.

Homework

• Revise the theory of this LessonUp
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• Finish your summaries

• Write the draft (first version) of  your damage control plan & bring this to class

• Look at the self-evaluation (spider web) that you filled in during lesson 1. Where did you improve?