Business English Syllabus

SN	Text and Activities	Materials	Time
1.	·Warm Up -Have you ever----? question game! Let group A, B, C think six south American cities, six European countries, six world organization headquarters respectively. Write them down in the pieces of paper the teacher gives to every student. Now, put all the pieces of paper face down on the front desk and mixed them. Group D, E, F ask questions to two of his classmates as follow: * Have you ever been/ flied to Buenos Aires? * Where is Buenos Aires? * Have you ever been/visited to Austria/Germany/France etc.? * Have you ever been/ to WTO/UNO/WCC headquarter? Answers: Yes, I have been to………. No, I have never been/visited/gone to………… It’s in Brazil.	Pieces of paper, write the Question and Answer patterns on the board.	30 minutes
2.	Introduce WTO and FREE TRADE to the students. Explain the acronym of WTO and GATT. The World Trade Organization promotes liberalization by encouraging nations to lower trade barriers and to keep them down. Since its original founding in 1948 as the General Agreement of Tariffs and Trade, the GATT/WTO system has seen global tariffs on manufactured goods fall dramatically and global trade volumes grow exponentially, resulting in more freedom and prosperity for hundreds of millions of people. The WTO' s dispute settlement mechanism helps nations resolve trade disputes without resorting to costly trade wars. The system relies on voluntary compliance and does not compromise national sovereignty. The aim of new negotiations should be to lower barriers against trade in agricultural products and services and to limit the widespread abuse of antidumping laws.	WTO and FREE TRADE Sticker and pictures of WTO directors	10 minutes
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4.	Free discussion questions: 1.What is WTO? 2.How do you understand GATT? 3.Which one is more profitable -WTO or Free Trade if you are going to be a trader? 4.Have you ever thought of becoming a trader in the future? If so, which country do you want to do trade business and how will you do it? 5.Instead of using the phrase “original founding”, what phrase can you use? 6.What are the things which we call “trade barriers”? 7.If you were the person who could give people freedom and prosperity, how and who would you give them? 8.Do you think national sovereignty is a big trade barrier? Explain? 9.Have you ever thought about “costly trade war”? Explain. 10.What are the advantages and disadvantages of being a member of the WTO? 11.Being a member of WTO, do you see any changes in the economy of People’s Republic of China during the past 50 years? 12.How does it effect the economy of your family and study indirectly or directly because of WTO? 13.What do you think of “LIBERALIZATION”? 14.Do you know the Director General of WTO? What type of organization is the WTO?	None (Everyone in the class is free to give answers to the questions and discuss about interesting points.)	30 minutes
5.	Give homework to students. Group A creates a play or game to perform before the class using six idioms and slang words. It should be recreational.	Give materials to students if there is any.	10 minutes