商务英语视听说教案

商务英语视听说教案

Unit 1 Job Interviews

教学目的与要求：

1. 了解面试的程序

2. 了解怎么样准备好一个面试

3. 掌握怎么样回答关于个人具体情况的问题，如教育背景、工作经历等。

教学重点与难点：

找工作过程中如何准备面试，以及如何在面试中较好地表现自我，展现自我。

本章课时分配：

Part I Warm-up和Part II Listening and Speaking：1 学时

Part III Language Focus：1 学时

Part IV Viewing and Speaking：1 学时

Part V Case Analysis：1 学时

教学步骤、方法与手段：

Part 1 Warm-up

1. Teaching tips:

1) Ask Ss to note down other reasons they can think of.

2) Divide the class into small groups.

3) Give Ss a few minutes to exchange ideas.

4) Encourage Ss to use different expressions of agreeing and disagreeing.

5) Ask a few Ss to report their findings (e.g. the agreed Best job and most common

reason(s), the most unique/strange choice or reason, etc.).

Key: Open.

2. Teaching Tips:

1) Divide the class into small groups.

2) Give Ss a few minutes to talk about their suggestions.

3) Encourage Ss to use different expressions of giving advice.

If I were you /If I were in your position /If I were in your shoes, I would…

How about /What about /Have you thought about…?

Why don’t you…?

You should perhaps…

You’d better…

It might help if you…I don’t think you should…

4) Have one person in each group as the job candidate, the others being friend who offer suggestion. Ask the group to role-play a conversation.

5) Invite two or three groups to act out their conversation.

Hints:

1) Pay attention to 4Ps: preparation, presentation, personality and positive attitude.

2) Dress appropriately.

3) Make full preparation for the interview:

a. Learn about the position;

b. Learn about the company or organization from their websites;

c. Anticipate questions and prepare your responses;

4) Don’t forget to bring a pen /pencil and a writing pad.

5) Pay attention to your manner:

a. Be punctual;

b. Be truthful;

c. Don’t show off;

d. Don’t badmouth.

Part 2 Listening and Speaking

Task 1 FAQs in job interviews

Teaching Tips:

Pre-listening:

1) Show pictures of Shangri-La Hotel in different cities of the world.

2) Give Ss a few minutes to share what they know about the hotel, the position, etc.

3) Check Ss’ understanding of the position.

Comments on the three questions:

Q1.

It’s the ice-breaker of the interview and it’s always a challenge to answer because it’s so broad. The best approach is to narrow the scope of the question by focusing on those aspects of your educational background and experience that make you qualified for the position. From there, you can talk about your interest in this particular job.

Q2.