Unit 4.2 Online Markets

4.2: Online Markets
Warm-up: How many times each day do you use the internet?
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4.2: Online Markets
Warm-up: How many times each day do you use the internet?

Slide 1 - Question ouverte

What devices do you use to go online? What apps do you use most often?

Slide 2 - Question ouverte

Look at the logos and answer the questions

Slide 3 - Diapositive

... is an online food delivery service. 
... started as an online, it's now the largest online retailer in the USA.
... is China's biggest e-commerce and shopping website. 
... is a global online auction and shopping site for individuals and small businesses.

Slide 4 - Question de remorquage

How can an individual earn money using e-commerce websites and apps?

Slide 5 - Question ouverte

Read the article 
'Who wants to be a sofapreneur?'
timer
5:00

Slide 6 - Diapositive

What is a 'sofapreneur'?
Someone who...
A
earns money while working from home.
B
spends a lot of time sitting on his/her sofa.
C
runs an online business which sells furniture.
D
makes furniture (especially sofas)

Slide 7 - Quiz

Read the article again
(5 minutes)

Slide 8 - Diapositive

What is the risk to other small businesses from sofapreneurs?

Slide 9 - Question ouverte

How does Einar Parker feel about his full-time job?

Slide 10 - Question ouverte

Why does he enjoy his jewellery business?

Slide 11 - Question ouverte

Is the writer in general positive or negative about sofapreneurs?

Slide 12 - Question ouverte

Can you think of one more benefit and disadvantage of online marketplaces?

Slide 13 - Carte mentale

Do you think that websites like PeoplePerHour are changing the way companies employ people?
YES
NO
MAYBE
I don't know

Slide 14 - Sondage

Present Simple and Past Simple Passive

Slide 15 - Diapositive

For example:
(agent not known or not important)

Slide 16 - Diapositive

For example:
(agent known)

Slide 17 - Diapositive

Slide 18 - Vidéo

Slide 19 - Vidéo

Look at the extracts from the article. What verb forms are the words in bold? What tense are they?
1. Alibaba is used by hundreds of millions of people around the world. 
2. The site was started twelve years ago to sell homemade goods. 
Present Simple Passive
Past Simple Passive

Slide 20 - Question de remorquage

Complete the listings on an e-commerce site with the active or present passive form of the verbs in brackets. 
(use the scan in Teams)

Slide 21 - Diapositive

1. These personalised necklaces ... (make) of wood.

Slide 22 - Question ouverte

2. Orders ... (deliver) within 72 hours in the EU.

Slide 23 - Question ouverte

3. Each handmade ceramic bowl ... (paint) by hand.

Slide 24 - Question ouverte

4. It ... (not recommend) to put them in the microwave, oven or dishwasher.

Slide 25 - Question ouverte

5. We ... (ship) worldwide.

Slide 26 - Question ouverte

6. Our high-quality cotton T-shirts ... (print) specially to order and (7) ... (dispatch) within two days.

Slide 27 - Question ouverte

8. Just ... (select) yout size and colour and the words you (9) ... (require)

Slide 28 - Question ouverte

10. These coffee cups and mugs ... (design) by me and (11) ... (pack) in a gift box.

Slide 29 - Question ouverte

12. If your items ... (need) by a certain date, please contact me.

Slide 30 - Question ouverte

Complete the passive sentences with the past or present passive form of the verb in brackets.

Slide 31 - Diapositive

1. Alibaba ... (set up) by Jack Ma, who is said to be one of China's richest men today.

Slide 32 - Question ouverte

2. Sellers using Alibaba's and Ebay's sites ... (not charge) a commission on goods sold.

Slide 33 - Question ouverte

3. Airbnb's headquarters ... (base) in San Francisco, California.

Slide 34 - Question ouverte

4. Hotels ... (not allow) to advertise rooms on the Airbnb site.

Slide 35 - Question ouverte

5. Some homes/offices on the website ... (own) by Airbnb.

Slide 36 - Question ouverte

6. When eBay ... (create) in 1995 it ... (call) AuctionWeb.

Slide 37 - Question ouverte

7. eBay ... (buy) by Google in 2016.

Slide 38 - Question ouverte

8. Very little money ... (need) to start an Etsy shop online.

Slide 39 - Question ouverte

Writing
Look at the examples in Exercise 6 again. Think about what products you could make and sell online or what services you could offer. Write a short description of your products or services for an e-commerce site. Write 60 to 80 words.

Use the assignment in Teams to upload your work!

Slide 40 - Diapositive

Find the 'my self assessment' of unit 4 on Teams. Reflect on what you have learnt in 4.2.

Slide 41 - Diapositive