Unit 1
Teaching Objectives:
1. To introduce the teaching contents and teaching plan;
2. To have a general idea of the New International Style of Management;
3. To be clear about the three main questions of business English reading;
4. To learn how to read business English passages effectively;
5. To learn to recognize and use some of the related words and expressions.
Focuses:
1. To have a general idea of the New International Style of Management.
2. To learn how to read business English passages effectively.
Difficulties:
1. How to read business English passages effectively.
2. How to remember business English words and expressions ASAP.
Teaching Time:2 periods.
Teaching Procedures:
Part I Pre-reading Questions
It can be used as lead-in questions. For students, they can discuss with each other and will have free answers. Part II Extensive Reading
In this part, there are two texts and their relevant exercises. By reading the texts in limited time, Teacher helps students understand the contents and the reading methods to build reading abilities gradually.
1. Read Text A The New International Style of Management and do exercises;
2. Read Text B New Thinking for successful Entrepreneurs and do exercises;
3. Analyze the language points in the texts;
4. Check the answers to Exercises.
Part III Reading Skills: Introduce the Basic Information about Business English Reading.
Use three questions to lead students to deal with this part:
1. Why should we do Business English Reading?
2. What does Business English Reading mainly deal with?
3. How can we do the Business English Reading effectively?
If students can not answer the questions, ask them to read through the passages in Reading Skill to get the details of how to do Business English Reading.
Part IV Supplementary Reading: New Thinking for a New Financial Order For this part, ask students to finish it by reading first and summarizing it with no more than 50 words.
Part V Test Yourself
For this part, ask students to finish it by themselves.
Questions for Discussion and Reflection:
1. Do you want to be a member of these multinational companies? Why?
2. What are the differences between these multinational companies and the local companies in China? Assignment:
1. Review Unit 1, to remember the contents learned.
2. Preview Unit 2, to find difficult points.
References:
《商务英语阅读教程Ⅰ教师用书》《牛津英汉双解词典》。