剑桥商务英语授课教案(中级)

Introduction & Unit 1a Teamwork (1)

Objective: make students get to know basic information about Cambridge BEC vantage and talk about teamwork Focus on : to talk about teamwork

Introduction about the exam

The exam comprises four tests: reading, writing, listening and speaking. The Speaking Test date is decided after your entry is confirmed by Cambridge. Candidates will receive an overall grade and separate grade for each test. (Pass grades A,B,C or Fail grades D,E).

How to understand, record and build vocabulary Advise students to adopt following ways on vocabulary Ways to understand new words

1. Examine the context of the word

a. the context

b. b. the position of the word

2. Examine the word itself

a. prefixes (e.g. inter-, un-, bi-)

b. suffixes(e.g. -ee, -tion, -ical)

3. Use a dictionary or website (e.g. , or

)

Ways to record new words

1. in the margin of your course book

2. on a separate sheet of paper

3. in a vocabulary notebook

4. on a computer

5. on cards

Ways to build vocabulary

1. compound words

2. using prefix and suffix

3. synonym and antonym

4. put words in a logical order

Assessing teams

Speaking

Step1 choose the five most important characteristics of a good team and put them in order

Step2 pair work. Conduct a dialogue about teamwork.

Question: What is a good team?

Do you work in a good team?

Do you like your team members?

Why or Why not?

Dialogue tips: One can express his view about teamwork in terms of one’s experience in the working place, the sports team, or one’s family or class.

Word tips: Co-operative 齐心协力的

have communication problems 交流有问题

attach importance to team-building 重视团队建设

develop team work 开拓团队协作

an effective team 精锐团队

share the same values 具有相同的价值观

Homework

Read the following quotes and proverbs about team work. Henry Ford

Coming together is a beginning.

Keeping together is progress.

Working together is success.

Bruce Coslet, Coach, Bengals

The era of the rugged individual is giving way to the era of the team player.

Everyone is needed, but no one is necessary.

Vince Lombardi, football coach for the NFL (1913-1970) Teamwork is what the Green Bay Packers were all about. They didn't do it for individual glory. They did it because they loved one another…

Susan Gerke, IBM, Leadership Development

Conflict is inevitable in a team ... in fact, to achieve synergistic solutions, a variety of ideas and approaches are needed. These are the ingredients for conflict.

Benjamin Franklin

We must all hang together,

or assuredly, we shall all hang separately.

Thomas Edison, when asked why he had a team of twenty-one assistants

If I could solve all the problems myself, I would.