Unit 8 Plans Time 3*90’

Unit 8 Plans Time 3*90’

Objectives • Focus • Warming up • 8.1 Discussing arrangements • 8.2 Making arrangements • 8.3 Planning a trip • Sum-up • Assignment

Objectives When the learners finish learning this unit, they should be able to • make plans and arrangements • make appointments Content

Focus • Making arrangements for a business trip. • Making arrangements for an appointment on phone. Content

Warming up Introduce the activity by brainstorming the arrangements that have to be made for a trip. If your families are going to see you in WuHan • Q1: What would you like to arrange for them? • Q2: Where they are going to stay? • Q3:Where they are going to visit? Content

8.1 Discussing arrangements A Discussion • 1. Students look at the photographs and discuss what the situations are and match the verbs to the nouns. Give vocabulary for the various situations: catching a plane, visiting a factory, having dinner/a meeting. Content

Suggested answers: • 1) b • 2) c/d • 3) a • 4) d/c Content

B Listening • 1. Students look at the requirements and the diary and think what Susan Morris might do. • 2. Explain Diary is agenda, calendar or datebook in American English. Content

3. Play the recording for the first time. Learners fill in as much information in the diary as possible • 4. Play the recording a second time and get students discuss their answers before playing the recording again. Pause the tape if necessary after each of the answers. Write these names on the board: Wong, Coh and Hu. Content

Suggested answers: • October • Monday • 14Arrive 17.30 (Mr. Wong) • a.m.: conference Tuesday15 • p.m.: meet agent(Mr. Goh) • a.m.: inspect factory (Mr. Hu)Wednesday16 • p.m.: dinner (Mr. Hu) • Tuesday17 • free day • Friday18 • all day: fair • Saturday19 • Plane to Sydney • Sunday20 • Free day in Sydney Content

C Language focus • 1. We have learnt the future as will + infinitive. While in English a present tense is often used to talk about the future, in particular when an arrangement has already been made. Content

2.Students look at the examples. We can see that there are the use of time expression to indicate that the future is being talked about. Content

3. Students look at the diary and then write sentences based on Susan's schedule. Content

Suggested answers: • She's having lunch with the director on Tuesday. • She's having dinner with a new agent on Tuesday evening. • She's meeting Mr. Enrique on Wednesday afternoon. • She's flying to Melbourne on Thursday morning. Content

D Writing • 1. Students look at the fax and decide when Mr. Harold wants to see Susan. They can suggest their own time. • 2. Students write the fax from Susan to Harold. Content

Suggested answer: Dear Harold Thank you for your fax. I look forward to seeing you on Friday. Is 11.30 oK? Regards Susan Content

8.2 Making arrangements A. Language focus • Learners look at the notes for Asad Latif’s trip and elicit the first question, i.e. Where is he flying to? • Learners write the remaining questions. Content

Suggested answers: • Who is he meeting? • Which hotel is he staying at? • When is he having lunch with Mr. Vialli? • How many meetings is he going to? • How long is he staying? Content

3. Work in pairs. Learner A and learner B look at their respective files (File 24 on page 117 of the Learner's Book and File 25 on page 119). Learners prepare their questions, e.g. When are we ...? Content

4. Learners exchange information by asking a few questions to each other and complete the notes and diary. Content

5. Check the answers by asking questions around the class, e.g. Where is Asad Latff staying? When is he having lunch with Mr. Iralli? When is he leaving Rome? Content

Suggested answers: The note: Rome, Spinardi, Sheraton, Tuesday 9. The diary: MarchMonday 83.05 am. Alitalia flight AZ769 to Rome 10.30 a.m. Arrive Rome Mr Conti meets us at the airport Stay at Sheraton Hotel Tuesday 9 9.15 a.m. Meet agent (Ms Spinardi) 1.00 p.m. Lunch (Mr Vialli) 3.30 p.m. Visit new factory Wednesday 10 9.30 Attend production meeting Thursday 11 Attend fair (all day) Friday 1211.20 a.m. Alitalia flight AZ768to Bombay Saturday 13 1.30 a.m. Arrive Bombay Sunday 14 Content

B Listening and presentation • 1. Play the recording and students write the appointment in the diary (Wednesday 10 March: Meeting Mr. Alberti at 3.00 p.m.). Content

2. Play the recording again and students listen for Asad Latif's questions about the day and time. These are going to be used in the next section. Content

C Language focus • 1. Do some review about the language used to make and confirm arrangements. Write down the examples on the board. Content

2. Students look at the examples and practice speaking. Content

D Speaking • In pairs, students role play the conversation. They can do this face to face or as a phone call. Content

8.3 Planning a trip A Reading • 1. Read the letters. Content

2. Students plan an itinerary for Frank Shaw's visit to Europe, using the information in their books. In pairs, they fill in possible dates in the itinerary. They should do this in pencil in case they need to change anything later. Content

B Speaking Learners work out when Frank has time for these appointments and fill in the times on the schedule and then compare their suggestions with each other. Content

C Listening • 1. Students listen to Frank Shaw arranging to meet a Hungarian agent, Gabor Dombradi. • 2. Play the recording and give the details of the arrangement Content

Suggested answers: • Wednesday, 16 October at 9.30 in Budapest Content

3. Students finalize the schedule. Suggested answers: • Ininerary – European trip, October • 9WednesdayArrive Prague • 10 ThursdayPrague trade fair • 11 Friday10 a.m. Jiri Svarc, Prague • 13 SundaPrague trafe fair, fly to Warsaw • 14MonayEwa Wajda , Warsaw (+ dinner) • 15TuesdayEwa Wajda , Warsaw, fly to Budapest • 16Wednesday9.30 a.m. Dombradi, Budapest • 3 p.m. Kovacs, Budapest,fly to Prague • 17Thursdayfree tims in Prague • 18Fridayfree tims in Prague • 19SaturdayDepart Prague Content

D Speaking and Writing • 1. Dates are generally written with the month first in American English (August 16) but the day first in British English (16 August). 4.10.2000 is 10 April 2000 in American English but 4 October 2000 in British English! Content

2. Students role play a phone call between Shaw and Wajda and write the letter for homework. Content

3. Write a short letter to Ewa Wajda to arrange a meeting. Content

Suggested answer: 30 Elm Street Lakewood CT 80215 Tel +1303 232 9696 Fax＋1 303 233 5869 e-mail fshaw@pcintl.aol.com August 21 200-Ewa Wajda Kielecka 30 02-530 Warsaw 12 Po1and Dear Ewa I am coming to Europe in October and would like to meet you to discuss an agency agreement. We will need two days to discuss the agreement. Can I suggest that we meet on October. 14-15? I would like to invite you out to dinner on the evening of the 14th. Could you also book me a hotel for the night of the 13th and 14th, please? I will be flying to Budapest the night of the 15th. I look forward to seeing you. Regards Frank Content

Sum-up In this unit, we learnt: • 1. How to make plans and arrangements. • 2. How to make appointments. Content

Assignment • 1. Write a letter to arrange a meeting. (The letter to Jiri Svarc can be used as a model) • 2. Role play: make a phone call to arrange to meet. Content

Unit 8 Plans Time 3*90’