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How to chair a meeting

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Task : students watch a video on how to chair a meeting. Students reflect on how to start a meeting. Level: pre-intermediate and above. Some of the vocabulary might be difficult for pre-intermediate levels but the video is repetitive, has partial subtitles and I provide you with pre and while watching tasks, which will easy the burden of the activity.  Materials: How to chair a meeting. Sample task  You can download by clicking HERE   provided video (the business of English, episode 4, only up to minute 4) ,which  you can see on Youtube or download by clicking HERE     pre-watching and while watching tasks

How to conclude a phone call

Aim: Students listen to an E-How  video in which the lady in the red sweater tells us how to finish a phone call. See the questions and video below on-line. If you don't have an internet connection in the classroom, you can download the questions, transcript and video, by clicking  HERE . Phone Etiquette for Concluding a Call -- powered by ehow Listening comprehension questions:  When you end the call what should you do before saying thanks at the end? (elaborate your answer) Many people say   only “thank you” to end a call. What other type of “thank you” could   you use? According to the lady in the red sweater, what type of language should   you avoid?  

Pair work: how to read Internet domains and punctuation symbols

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Emoticon symbol dictation Aim: students work in pairs to dictate internate domains and emoticons. Students learn and practice how to say difficult simbols such as: dot  (.), dash (-), Ampersand (&), percent sign (%)... You can donwload the materials for the teacher and students by clicking here  Domain dictation These materials  have been prepared by Beatriz Papasseit and myself , María Zabala Peña