Teaching CV 5 is sometimes a
burden for teachers since the materials from the first lesson to the last one
are quite similar, more or less. Here is one alternative that can be tried in
your class.
Diplomacy
Activity : pair work:
speaking
Aim : To
arrange a meeting and to negotiate the terms of a contract
Grammar and Functions: would
and could, making proposals, accepting and refusing, arranging a meeting
Preparation : Make one copy of the worksheet for
each pair of students in the class. Cut out the students A and Students B
sections as indicated.
Procedure:
1. Introduce
the subject of tennis and sponsorship by asking the students who the leading
tennis champions are at the moment. Elicit other question, like:
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How much money do they make a year?
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What do they have to do for it?
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Who sponsors their equipment?
2. Tell
the students that they are going to take part in a negotiation, but that first
they need to arrange a time and place for the meeting.
3. Ask
the students to work in pairs and divide them into Students A and Student B.
Give each student the appropriate part of the worksheet. Ask students to read
the top of their worksheet.
4. Ask
the student to sit back-to-back, one Student A and one Student B. Explain that
Student A is going to telephone student B to arrange a time to meet. Student A
should also explain what the meeting is about but they should not discuss terms
at this stage.
5. When
they have done this, ask the students to study their negotiating brief for five
minutes to prepare for the meeting.
6. Now
ask students to sit face to face, and working in the same pairs to negotiate
the contract. Encourage them to keep discussing terms until they have reached
an agreement. They can invent other options, not on the worksheet, if they
wish.
7. Ask
each pair to report back to the whole class on the results of their discussion.
(Taken from Reward Pre-Intermediate Business resource Pack
