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Unit One Working in the OfficeAn Overview: This unit is designed to get the Learners familiar with the office routine jobs and environment by finishing task-based exercises. The tasks focus on the following abilities: Name office facilities and common positions in a company Take telephone messages Make business appointments Arrange work schedules Receive visitors Understand and illustrate business tables Write business memosFocusTasks: Task 1.1 Listen to the sentences, find out the picture each sentence indicates and write down the key word under the picture.Task 1.2 Listen to the dialogue about taking a message and fill in the blanks with words, phrases or sentences.Task 1.3 Listen to the dialogue about a meeting and finish the tasks.Task 1.4 Here are some useful expressions and phrases, preview before this unit. Now please write down the meaning for each of it. Try to put them in use in later practice.Task 1.5 Read the following table carefully and finish the task.Task 1.6 Read the passage about office assistants carefully and finish the tasks.Task 1.7 Sending a faxTask 1. 8 Making appointmentsTask 1.9 Giving directions in the workplaceTask 1.10 Arranging schedulesTask 1. 11 Receiving visitors Task 1.12 Table illustrationTask 1. 13 MemoRequired Equipment/Technology:Recording devices, network accessible computers, word processingLesson Plan (1)SECTION I LISTENINGTopic: Name these office facilitiesFocusThis lesson is designed to help students get familiar with the office environment.Students will be able to: Name office facilities and common positions in a company Take telephone messagesLengthThis lesson will take approximately 90 minutes to complete.Class activitiesTask 1.1 Listen to the sentences, find out the picture each sentence indicates and write down the key word under the picture.Task 1.2 Listen to the dialogue about taking a message and fill in the blanks with words, phrases or sentences.Task 1.3 Listen to the dialogue about a meeting and finish the tasks.Task 1.4 Here are some useful expressions and phrases, preview before this unit. Now please write down the meaning for each of it. Try to put them in use in later practice.Procedures:Step 1 Brainstorming (5 mins)Encourage students to think about the facilities they know and try to name them in English.Step 2 Look at the pictures in Task 1.1 and try to name them in English. （10 mins） Play the recording and check the answers.Step 3 Taking messages (15 mins)Task 1.2 Listen to the dialogue about taking a message and fill in the blanks with words, phrases or sentences.Step 4 Listening and discussing (30 mins)Task 1.3 Listen to the dialogue about a meeting and finish the tasks and check the answers.Step 5 Previewing the words and phrases. (20 mins)Task 1.4 Here are some useful expressions and phrases, preview before this unit. Now please write down the meaning for each of it. Try to put them in use in later practice. Step 6 Revision & Homework (10 mins)1. Go over common expressions 2. Preview Section II Reading. 7Lesson Plan (2)SECTION II READINGFocusThis lesson is designed to help students learn to understand the business tables and focus on jobs of an office assistant.Students will be able to: Understand business tables Know more about the office jobsLengthThis lesson will take approximately 90 minutes to complete.Class Activities Students will engage in the following tasks during this lesson:Task 1.5 Read the following table carefully and finish the task.Task 1.6 Read the passage about office assistants carefully and finish the tasks.Procedures:Step 1 Table reading (15 mins)Task 1.5 Read the following table carefully and finish the task.Step 2 Passage reading（30 mins）Think about these questions before reading and discuss among students after reading.1. What are the responsibilities of an office assistant?2. What skills should an office assistant have?3. How important are office assistants in an organization?Step 3 True or false (10 mins)Mark the following sentences with True or False Step 4 Second reading (30 mins)1. Read the passage again and understand the difficult sentences and key words of the first two paragraphs.For example:1. vague : not thinking or expressing oneself clearly 模糊的e.g. a vague answer 含糊的答复, 含糊其辞的回答e.g. In a fog everything looks vague. 在雾中一切东西都显得模糊。e.g. 最后一个字母很不清楚，可能是R或K。The last letter is very vague, possibly an R or a K.2. supervise: to have the charge and direction of; superintend 监督，管理；指导e.g. supervised labor监督劳动e.g. supervise ones move监督某人的一举一动e.g. He supervised the launderette. 他管理那家自助洗衣店。e.g. supervise the postgraduate students指导研究生= supervision n. 监督，管理；指导 supervisor n. 监督人，管理人，指导者3. Typically when support to executives or high level employees is more direct, the office assistant can be termed an administrative or executive assistant. 一般来说，如果对公司的主管领导或其它高层管理人员的帮助更直接，那么这样的办公室助理就可以叫做行政助理。Step 5 Assignment (5 mins)Preparing for the dictation Lesson Plan (3)SECTION II READINGFocusThis lesson is designed to help students learn to understand the business tables and focus on jobs of an office assistant.Students will be able to: Understand business tables Know more about the office jobsLengthThis lesson will take approximately 90 minutes to complete.Class Activities Students will engage in the following tasks during this lesson:Task 1.6 Read the passage about office assistants carefully and finish the tasks.Detailed reading of the rest of the passage Procedures:Step 1 Homework checking (10 mins)Review the first two paragraphs of the passage and have a dictation Step 2 Detailed study (35 mins)Detailed study and understand the difficult sentences and key words of the rest of the passage.For example:1). Office automation and organizational restructuring have led office assistants to increasingly take over responsibilities once reserved for managerial and professional staff. office automation 办公自动化organizational restructuring 机构重组办公自动化和机构重组使办公室助理越来越多地承担起之前属于管理阶层或专业人员的职责。2). disseminate : to spread abroad; promulgate 散布, 传播e.g. disseminate information/ rumors 传播消息/ 散布谣言e.g. Her findings have been widely disseminated. 她的发现已广为传播。=dissemination n. = disseminative a.=disseminator n.Step 3 Read the passage again and find the sentences and phrases that describe the responsibilities and duties of office assistants. (10 mins)Step 4 Read the recruitment advertisement of the company and finish the tasks. (15 mins)1. What are the most important qualifications for this job?2. What personality should candidates have?3. Might a person who is good at English and marketing but weak at computer skills be employed?4. How can people contact the recruiter?5. How would you introduce yourself if you are interviewed for the position?Step 5 Welcoming a new office assistant and telling him his daily responsibilities. (15 mins)Step 6 Assignment (5 mins)Previewing the tasks in Section IIILesson Plan (4)SECTION III SPEAKINGFocusThis lesson is designed to help students to acquire the following abilities: Sending business faxes Making appointments Giving directions Arranging schedules Receiving visitorsLengthThis lesson will take approximately 90 minutes to complete.Class activitiesTask 1.7 Sending a faxTask 1. 8 Making appointmentsTask 1.9 Giving directions in the workplaceTask 1.10 Arranging schedulesTask 1. 11 Receiving visitors Procedures: Accomplishing the office routinesStep 1 Task 1.7 Sending a fax (10 mins)You are a new member in the company, you need to send a fax from the machine in your office but dont know how. Now ask the secretary Miss Wang to tell you how to send a fax in detail.Step 2 Task 1. 8 Making appointments （20 mins）Business people always make an appointment before they go to see or visit their clients or potential customers so that they can make their work more efficient. The most important thing to remember when making appointments is that you are selling the appointment, not your product or services. Therefore, you do not want to be talking too much. You can expand on what you have to offer when you get to the appointment.Step 3 Task 1.9 Giving directions in the workplace (15 mins)Complete the following ten sentences by using the department names in the table below. Then describe the departments to your partner. Follow the example.Step 4 Task 1.10 Arranging schedules (15 mins)You are the Sales Assistant of a company. The manager is to visit Paris on business for two days and youve made a schedule for him. Now you need to talk to your manager about the schedule to see if there is anything to be added or changed.Step 5 Task 1. 11 Receiving visitors (25 mins)Work in groups of four. Two of you are hosts, and two of you are visitors. One of the hosts knows one of the visitors. The visitors have arrived at the hosts company for a meeting about signing a business contract, and the hosts need to greet and welcome them. Role play the situation by going through the following steps with the help of the language tips. Step 6 Assignment (5 mins)Situational dialogue: You are an HR assistant named Tom Bruce. Your partner is a new employee named Sandy Lee. Look at the floor plan below and show your new colleague around the company. The tour starts at the reception. (P19)Lesson Plan (5)SECTION III SPEAKINGFocusThis lesson is designed to help students to acquire the following abilities: Understand and illustrate business table Write business memoLengthThis lesson will take approximately 90 minutes to complete.Class activitiesTask 1.12 Table illustrationTask 1. 13 MemoProcedures:Step 1 Check the assignment last period (8 mins)Situational dialogue: You are an HR assistant named Tom Bruce. Your partner is a new employee named Sandy Lee. Look at the floor plan below and show your new colleague around the company. The tour starts at the reception. (P19)Step 2 Task 1. 8 Making appointments （30 mins）Task 1.11 Table illustrationStep 3 Guidelines for a good illustration （10 mins）Does the illustration have a suitable structure? Does it have an introduction, body and conclusion? Does it include connective words to make the writing cohesive within sentences and paragraphs? Does it focus on the important trends presented in the table? Does it describe the whole table adequately?Does the illustration use suitable grammar and vocabulary? Does it include a variety of sentence structures? Does