Teacher: Xinyu Li

Date/time: Mar. 9, 2014 11:00-11:50

Level: third-year business Chinese students
Content: Unit Four
Class size: 6

Objectives:
Students will be able to
Talk about causal relations
Talk about large numbers and records
Give basic descriptions and evaluations of a product or a business, including target populations and general opinions
Give suggestions to businesses and express opinions about business decisions, supported with reasons
Compare similar products and businesses

Lesson Plan:
Activity
Warm-up

Objectives
Warm-up

Activity A:

SABAT talk about

causal relations

Activity B:

SABAT give basic

evaluations of a
product
or
a
business, e.g. its
target population,
and
general
opinions

Materials
PPT

Procedure
1 Ask students to make name tags
2 Self introduction
strips
of
1. PrimingT ask student about relationships of sales and
paper
product distribution in the textbook
2. In pairs, Ss match the 16 phrases/clauses to form 8 causal
relation sentences; create 4 sentences of their own)
3. Ss share answers in class while T gives corrective feedback
12 pictures
1. PrimingT shows a picture of Sams Club, and gives a
shown
in
short evaluation. Ss are invited to agree or disagree and give
PPT
their opinions
2. T shows pictures of products and businesses are shown in
PPT, and Ss give their own evaluations, including the target
populations
3. Other Ss are invited to agree or disagree

Time
5 min
15 min

10 min

4. In groups of three, Ss discuss what they think is the best

product/business
5. T gives a summary, focusing on form
Activity C:

SWBAT talk about PPT

&
businesses
and worksheet
markets;
do
comparison;
expressing
agreement
and
disagreement;
provide support for
their opinions by
describing
causal
relationship;
talk
about
large
numbers;
give
business
suggestions

(contingency
plan)
Activity D:
open
discussion

SWBAT rank items PPT

in terms of degrees
of
agreement;
express
their
opinions
about
business decisions

1. PrimingT briefly describes the smart phone market in

China
2. Give out worksheets, explain activity, show structures in PPT
3. Pair work:
In each pair, student X has worksheet of iPhone, Y has that
of Samsung.
3-1. Ss retell the information to partners, using the five
structures at least once & use vocabulary in this unit as
much as possible
3-2. Discuss in pairs about the smart phone market in China
3-3. Each pair presents in class; count number of structures
used
(end here if there is no time left)
4. Give out worksheet of Xiaomi, T explains background
5. Pair work:
5-1 Show discussion questions: ?
? ? ; remind ss to
use items from this unit
5-2 Pair discussion with different partner
5-3 Each pair presents in class; T gives feedback
1. PrimingT gives own opinion on membership clubs.
2. T presents discussion question:
? and gives a list of choices on PPT; Ss are
invited to add items
3. Ss discuss in pairs and rank the items, providing reasons
3. Each pair shares in class; T gives feedback

20 min

(use up
remainin
g time, if
any)

 Worksheet Materials:
Activity A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16

Activity B (also shown in PPT)

Activity C

2014

2014

2014

10.9%
1340

9.8%
1210

12.8%
1570

11.5%
1148
20%

14.4%
5840
19%

15.0%
6080
187%

iPhone 6
5300
iOS
2014 12 iPhone
6 iPhone 6 Plus

85%

2013

Galaxy S4
5200

2011 2013
20%

M4
2000
miui
2010







2013