Teacher’s Book for Unit 1
Unit 1 Announce a team building event
Starting up
About the unit
An announcement is a public or official statement that gives people some information about
an event, which usually covers the time, place, participants and arrangement. There are two
kinds of announcement, namely the written and the oral. Compared with the written one,
an oral announcement is less formal. In this unit, by helping the staff to make an oral
announcement about the team building event, the Ss will develop the skills they need to
make an oral announcement.
Teaching objectives
When teaching this unit, the T should enable Ss to
note down specific information about a team building event, including the time, place,
participants, etc. (Set the task & Prepare for the task);
list two to three key points they need to consider when announcing an event (Develop the
strategies);
announce a team building event orally (Fulfil the task & Toextend).
Teaching suggestions
The T can present this unit in different ways. A product-oriented approach is suggested. With this
approach, the T can guide Ss through the output task by showing them how to note down specific
information and how to use appropriate communicating skills.
Motivating
Ask Ss to discuss how they should prepare in order to make an oral announcement.
Enabling
Scenario
Introduce the “Scenario” and help Ss to get background information about the task, e.g., the
purpose, time and place ofthe event.
Ask Ss to discuss in pairs what information should be included in anannouncement.
Explain the career tip.
Set the task
Ask Ss to listen to the conversation and ask them what the task is forDavid.
Listen again and ask Ss to finish the tasks in “Understand the text”.
Explain the vocabulary.
Check Ss’ answers to the tasks in “Language infocus”.