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1) The document discusses personalizing an advanced level business English course book for learners moving from B2 to C1 levels. 2) It provides an overview of a study that surveyed 456 English teachers on the target groups, key skills, and materials needed at the C1 level for business communication. Office staff, managers, and assistants were cited as the main target groups. Speaking freely, reviewing grammar, and building vocabulary were cited as the key skills. 3) The document then describes features of the BASIS FOR BUSINESS C1 course book, which is designed for German learners and uses authentic business situations and materials to teach business communication skills through topics, vocabulary, grammar and discussion.
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- 1. DIVE OFF THE PAGE AND INTO THE WORKPLACE PERSONALISING AN ADVANCED LEVEL COURSE BOOK ANNE HODGSON
- 2. English of the workplace Lesley Ciocarelli http://eltpics.com
- 3. My reflective practice: Reconstruct communicative situations with clients Discuss with mentors Apply research on discourse and culture
- 4. @sandymillin http://www.eltpics.com Moving from B2 to C1, from local to global
- 5. CORNELSEN STUDY 2012 ONLINE PANEL COURSEBOOK ENGLISH C1 456 teachers in adult education at B2-C2: Who are your main target groups? What key skills do they need to improve? Which materials and features work best?
- 6. TARGET GROUPS Office staff (47%) Managers (42%) Assistants (41%) Oliver Zichert http://www.pixelio.de
- 7. KEY SKILLS Speak freely 41% Review grammar 27% Build vocabulary 20% Sassi http://www.pixelio.
- 8. USE COURSEBOOKS B2 92% C1 81% C2 68% MAIN RESOURCES AT C1 Photocopiable materials 98% Published articles 95%
- 9. What materials actually give learners the language of business communication? Astrid Kamnik_http://www.pixelio.d
- 10. Are authentic business materials better models to learn from than edited materials? anne.hodgson@t-online.de Use authentic materials for reflection Adapt authentic materials to model language
- 11. KEY MATERIALS AND COURSEBOOK FEATURES AT C1 Dive off the page into the workplace | 14/07/2014 11 Percent of online panel
- 12. OUR RESPONSE Titel der Pr辰sentation | TT.MM.JJJJ 12 BASISFORBUSINESSCOURSEBOOK C1 ASIS FOR BUSINESS C1 eine Neuentwicklung und komplettiert unsere Business English Lehrwerksreihe. as Kursbuch bietet sowohl aktuelle Inhalte als auch authentische Sprechanl辰sse d vermittelt Strategien f端r erfolgreiche interkulturelle Kommunikation. Es f端hrt ca. 45 Unterrichtseinheiten zur Niveaustufe C1 des CEF/GER. ASIS FOR BUSINESS C1 auf einen Blick insbesondere f端r deutschsprachige Lernende konzipiert macht authentische Situationen aus dem Gesch辰ftsleben erfahrbar besteht aus acht Units mit je vier Abschnitten: Part A, Part B, Part C, Extra practice enth辰lt vier Business 鍖les sowie Skills 鍖les im Anhang l辰sst Sprecher verschiedener Nationalit辰ten, die Englisch als Lingua franca verwenden, zu Wort kommen (MP3-CD) bietet zus辰tzliche Wortlisten zum Buch (kostenfrei online) as komplette BASIS FOR BUSINESS C1 Paket Workbook mit Progress checks Online Teaching Guide mit Kopiervorlagen Onlinematerial: interaktive Zusatz端bungen he Authors nne Hodgson, based in Berlin, has been teaching business and academic glish since 1998. She gives language and intercultural skills training to rporate clients and also works as a translator. Anne supports professional velopment within ELTABB and BESIG. arole Eilertson, based in Hamburg, is a business English trainer who o works as a translator. She designs and teaches specialized language urses and communications workshops for a number of corporate clients and around Hamburg. ww.cornelsen.de/business-english CORNELSEN PROFESSIONAL ENGLISH BASIS FOR BUSINESS ANNE HODGSON CAROLE EILERTSON C1 MP3-CD ISBN xxxx
- 13. FEATURES BASIS FOR BUSINESS C1 Features Dive off the page into the workplace | 14/07/2014 13 Communicative situations ≒ Business practice ≒ Part A+B: scripted text + audio ≒ Phrase boxes for communicative tasks ≒ Skills boxes and files for tasks ≒ Roleplay and simulations ≒ Did you know? ≒ Food for thought ≒ Part C: authentic materials ≒ Outside view ≒ Noticing in context ≒ Contrastive grammar boxes ≒ Fine-tuning the message ≒ Reflection: Extra practice, workbook Vocabulary building ≒ Collocations, register ≒ Typical mistakes ≒ Personalization ≒ ESP ≒ Extra practice ≒ Workbook Grammar consolidation Discussion topics
- 14. SAMPLE LESSONS BASIS FOR BUSINESS C1 Unit 5 Sustainable Business A Discuss Performance (sustainablity, reporting, storytelling) B Pitch a proposal C Describe business strategy Built-in personalization through warmers, discussions, tasks Dive off the page into the workplace | 14/07/2014 14
- 15. SAMPLE LESSONS BASIS FOR BUSINESS C1 5B: Pitch a proposal 5C: Describe business strategy Teachers Guide: recognize implicit meaning Workbook: analysing in hindsight, preparing a checklist for a pitch... Dive off the page into the workplace | 14/07/2014 15
- 16. SAMPLE LESSONS BASIS FOR BUSINESS C1 7C Meeting demand: Control the image Dive off the page into the workplace | 14/07/2014 16
- 17. DIVE INTO THE WORKPLACE PERSONALIZING Use the book as your diving board Dive off the page into the workplace | 14/07/2014 17 ≒ Topical: Bounce off to use the learners experience Follow up on issues ≒ Linguistic: Analyse language using concordancers e.g. www.just-the-word.com Reconstruct texts using dictogloss, graphic organizers ≒ Business skills: Study Part C business cases, skills files Apply methods and approaches presented to own situation ≒ Communication skills: Personalize role plays and business file simulations Reflective self-study, read, report, summarize in groups
- 18. FROM THE BOOK INTO THE WORKPLACE Dive off the page into the workplace | 14/07/2014 18 Topics Select units, add authentic materials Task: Learners review their new book -> supplement selected units Notice details in genres Tasks: Dictogloss w/ Outside View TG photocopiable: Dont let it escape your notice Skills workout in class Task: Listening trios w/ coursebook and supplemented texts Business skills Turn around book input on business methods Task: Storytelling in business communication Communication skills Language
- 19. Dive off the page into the workplace | 14/07/2014 19Amelie Van Den Broeck http://www.eltpics.com Thank you ... and have fun diving in! anne.hodgson@t-online.de http://www.annehodgson.de