LESSON PLAN - Netflix - Intermediate level Key objective - to practise Business English fluency INTRODUCTION: Ask students what they know about Netflix, Teacher (T) - Students (SS) 5 READING I: Go through reading and ask students to read out loud. Answer the comprehension questions that follow. (S) = (T) 10 mins PRONUNCIATION POINT: dril students on the different forms of saying /si If Ith Go through the examples and drill any errors. (S) —(T) 5 mins COMPANY NAMES: Ask students the origins of the company names listed. Elicit other company ‘names with unusual origins and discuss. Teacher (T) - Students ($8) 10 mins LISTENING I: Make sure they understand the meaning of the Vocabulary Words. Tell students they are going to hear a spokesman talking about Netfli's origins. They need to answer the questions at the end. Play che listening. (T) - ($8) 10 mins GRAMMAR: Ask the question, which option is correct? (Could is correct) Ask the students if there is anything they regret? Go through the rules and do the exercises that follow. Ask students to read the questions and answers out loud, (8) ~ (T) 10 mins READING 2: Find out what the students think about binge watching. Do the reading - students read out loud, fil the gaps with a correct word. Engage in speaking practice that follows (S) —(T) 10 mins BUSINESS IDIOMS: Ask students to find the meaning of the underlined idiom and then fil the gaps. Teacher (T) - Students (SS) 10 mins FUNCTIONAL VOCABULARY: Ask the question, ‘what ability do you have? How can somebody tell you to stop doing something in a formal / informal style? Go through the examples and the exercises that follow. (8) - (T) 10 mins CULTURAL AWARENESS POINT: SOFT POWER Read the information and engage students in the Speaking Practice. (S) - (T) 10 mins LISTENING 2: Make sure they understand the meaning of the Vocabulary Words ‘Ask the question, what are Netfli’s future opportunities and problems? Tell students they are going to hear the 2" part of the listening, They need to answer the questions at the end, Play the listening (SS) ~ (T) 10 mins ROLE PLAY: Split students into 2 groups and ask them to prepare to discuss the situation, Make sure they practice the grammar and vocabulary learnt in the lesson and to try and use the case study ‘material in their argument. ($8) - (SS) 10 mins www BusinessEnglishStudy.com 12EXERCISE ANSWERS READING | - comprehension |. From DVD rental, to on-line streaming, to becoming global TV network and content producer wit orignal shows, 2. ‘House of Cards and ‘Orange i he New Black 3. The convenience of steaming and the ease of use fr customers, ater than ts content 44 Bigeompecn from eval such as Amazon Prime, and marker saturation i aso a prblem 5. Teremains out of reach but Nedflxishopng to stare 2 service in Chia in 2017 6 Youdicuss and decide, COMPANY NAMES [Apple ~ Founder, Steve Jobs, ed the fut. The name sounded fn, spited and not int dating [Nike ~ name ofthe Greek Goddess of victory Coca-Cola named ater two of ts orignal ingredients: kala ets and coe leaves ‘Adidas =the amalgamation ofthe founder's name, AdalfDasler Lego ~ abbreviation ofthe two Danish words eg god, meaning ‘psy wel {Google mispeing of Googel a one followed by one hundred zeros LISTENING |. The DVD player wat an expensive leary the America ad few people owned one 2. Prete quality storage size and shipping cos 3. $25 millon 4 t99e 5. They were technology fans and had experience af developing and running successful websites GRAMMAR - Exercise 1. would rather study engineering than medicine 2. wh you would Iaten to wae fm tying co cll you 3. only you were in posiion co make a decison. 4. The company wshes ‘chad accepted the of. Help us to improve the quality. Exercise 2: you notice any mistakes in this |. wish had ake yours. module please report the error to: 2 Wenly thd arvived earlier businessenglishstudy@zmail.com 3. regret changing jobs 4. wth were on holiday 5. regret drinking wine with kine READING EXERCISE 2: Wish =f only - regret BUSINESS IDIOMS 1. Along sine since 2. Leeme fish speaking 3. Onersifed 4 Seriously believes La 5. Became angry EXERCISE |. Whaeovor you do don't gett into your head that tis isthe only soston, 2. These olces ares farcry from the angle desk we started wth 3. The company branched out from ts care business and now runs cinemas 4 The customer Blew her top when she got the bil 5. you hear me out wil el you the real reasons for my decison, FUNCTIONAL LANGUAGE - Ability, Photography inthe research and development areas src prohibited The reresedone are preventing us from entering the consumer market in China \We afer over a milion fm and this enables ur to charg a premium rte Don't Bow your top but the bank has not aparoved our overdrafe We branched out so we ca spread the isk LISTENING 2: IL The cost of DVD phyers dropped below $100, 2 $150 millon 3. Nettie shipped over a milion OVDs every single day and had over 35,000, s sles in its Ubrary [Newt model or what television wil oak ike in 2025 $670 www BusinessEnglishStudy.com 13