Week 13 –InnovationBusiness EnglishProfessor Hayashi

Today’s Class

Review

Vocabulary

Language Review

Presentations

Case Study

Review – Ethics / Leadership Fill-in-the blanks

1)LG’s latest cell phone looks suspiciously similar to Samsung’s. We suspect ______________________.

2)We had to sign a ____________________________ stating that we could not disclose any of the company’s business plan.

3)The pharmaceutical company offered ________ to doctors for prescribing a certain medication.

4)The opposite of magnetic is _____________.

5)The opposite of impulsive is _____________.

industrial espionage

confidentiality agreement

bribes

repulsive

cautious

Review – Ethics / Leadership Which tense is normally used for:

1)events in the story

2)setting the scene and providing background information

3)saying what the present results of the story are

1)events which happen before the story begins

Past Simple

Past Continuous

Present Perfect

Past Perfect

Review – Ethics / Leadership

Tell a story about an unusual or memorable experience while you were travelling

Be sure to use Past Simple, Past Continuous, Past Perfect, Present Perfect

Vocabulary PARTNER TIME!

Do exercises A, C, D on page 109

Exercise A:1)discovery2)brainwave3)pioneers4)R & D (research & development)5)concept6)prototype7)setback8)drawing board9)breakthrough10)patent

Vocabulary – Pg. 109 Exercise C

brilliant + beneficial + silly - life-saving +

pointless - ridiculous - time-saving + annoying -

wasteful - life-changing +

practical + money-saving +

revolutionary +

space-saving +

ground-breaking +

Language Review – Pg. 111 Exercise A, B, C

Which are passive?

2

3

4

6

7

8

10

Language Review Exercise B

a) was tested

b) was developed

c) was carried out

d) was tested

e) were approved

f) was applied for

g) were published

h) was granted

i) were trained

Order: c, b, a, d, g, e, f, h, i

Listening – Pg. 112 Let’s listen to exercise A

Exercise A

1.Think about your audience, visit the room, prepare what you are going to say.

2.Ask a question, use a famous quotation, striking visual image, appeal directly to audience’s interests or needs

3.Opening and brief introduction, main body, conclusion, question and answer session

Presenting

Review “Useful Language”

Prepare a short presentation of 3-5 minutes on the topic of your choice

Be silly! Have fun! Go bananas!

Homework

Pg 130 – Reading/Passive exercises