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The BIG Business English

Game Show 2!

ROUND I | Pronunciation Game

Financial, performance, results, months, customers, subscription, themes, reschedule, participants, moreover, advertising, trial, button, idea, product, supplies, studies, bus, introduce, comfortable, method, discuss

SPEAKING ROUND I | Taboo

  1. Entrepreneur,
  2. Corporate Social Responsibility,
  3. Consumer Behavior,
  4. Differentiation,
  5. Shareholder,
  6. Stakeholder,
  7. Market Segmentation,
  8. Profit,
  9. Supply Chain,
  10. Offshoring,
  11. R&D,
  12. Patent,
  13. Risk Management,
  14. Key Performance Indicators,
  15. Feasibility Study,
  16. Conversion Rate,
  17. Corporate Culture,
  18. Omnichannel,
  19. Pivot,
  20. Intellectual Capital

SPEAKING ROUND I | Taboo

  1. Feasibility Study
  2. Conversion Rate
  3. Stakeholder
  4. Corporate Social Responsibility
  5. Offshoring
  6. Intellectual Capital
  7. R&D
  8. Market Segmentation
  9. Differentiation
  10. Consumer Behavior
  11. Patent
  12. Entrepreneur
  13. Profit
  14. Corporate Culture
  15. Omnichannel
  16. Risk Management
  17. Supply Chain
  18. Pivot
  19. Key Performance Indicators
  20. Shareholder

ROUND II | Correct The Mistakes

  1. The new responsible is...
  2. I am working here for many years.
  3. I don’t know very well the team.
  4. I’m here for negotiate.
  5. I’m agree with you.
  6. I understand what you say.
  7. How about leave the site early?
  8. It depends of the company.
  9. Thank you to welcome us.
  10. There is too much cars.
  11. We are agree with you.
  12. One of advantage is...
  13. Last year, we have completed the project.
  14. We need to understand the need of every clients.
  15. Are you agree?
  16. I will send you a remember by mail.
  17. We'll meet at 9 hours.
  18. Let's pass to the next point.
  19. There is some disadvantages.
  20. Remote work is better for the productivity.

GAME SHOW | CV

Race

  1. A CV is a document with information about your experience.
  2. You should put your photo on your CV.
  3. Your CV should be 3 or 4 pages long.
  4. It’s OK to have mistakes (spelling, grammar…) on your CV.
  5. All information on your CV must be in full sentences.
  6. Employers usually look at a CV for about 2 minutes.
  7. You should write "CURRICULUM VITAE" at the top of the page.
  8. Style doesn't need to be coherent.
  9. You must include ALL your qualifications and experience.

GAME SHOW | CV

Race

  1. Does Amit or Edward include their date of birth on their CVs?
  2. Where was Amit studying in 2011?
  3. What was Edward doing in 2012?
  4. How many A-levels (Equivalent of Bac) does Amit have?
  5. What was Amit's Bachelor degree?
  6. What company did Amit work for in London?
  7. Which languages can Edward speak well?
  8. In which country did Edward study for his Bac?
  9. In which job did Edward create databases?
  10. How many children did Amit mentor?
  11. Where are Amit and Edward's telephone numbers based?
  12. What grade was Amit expecting to get at University?

CV Checklist

Personal Details

  • Adam Wyett, not WYETT Adam. Not Adam WYETT.
  • No photo, DoB, etc.
  • Contact address, email and telephone (with international dialing code) included
  • Professional email address
  • Up-to-date LinkedIn?

 

Education

  • More space given to relevant and recent experience?
  • Highlighted relevant modules, projects, thesis, transferable skills?
  • Easy to follow and consistent?
  • Need to explain equivalents
  • Name of school translated (if applicable, retaining original name), acronyms defined.

 

Work Exper​ience

  • Comprehensive lists? Cut irrelevant jobs or categorize. Highlight most relevant roles.
  • Included job title, dates, company name, type of business, location?
  • Highlight skills (evidence?), your impact, significance of achievements (quantifiable?)
  • Skills identified targeted towards job offer?

 

Skills

  • IT skills evidenced? POWERPOINT AND INTERNET IS NOT A SKILL. iT IS EXPECTED
  • Speak any languages? At what proficiency?
  • Driving license? Training courses? etc.

Interests

  • Variety of interests with different skillsets?
  • Could they demonstrate responsibility, commitment and achievement?

 

Structure and Targeting

  • Do you use positive language and action words?
  • CV is one or two pages
  • Text is ordered logically and clearly. Layout is coherent.

 

Style

  • Check for vocab, grammar, spelling, punctuation mistakes (e.g. NO SPACES BEFORE COLONS)
  • Your CV has been proofread by a friend.
  • Highlight skills (evidence?), your impact, significance of achievements (quantifiable?)
  • Skills identified targeted towards job offer?
  • No French

 

Presentation

  • Headings are easy to read
  • Visual hierarchy is correct. Sections are well-spaced.
  • Design is not counter productive. It aids ease-of-reading.
  • Is it easy to scan-read? Does the most important information stand out? No star system.
  • Do you use font styles consistently?
  • Is information presented consistently (e.g. dates in the same location with same format)?

ROUND III | Sentence Auction

  1. What we need most are a creative 'Plant' to solve this problem.
  2. Provided that the team stays focused, we will meet the deadline.
  3. Unless you don't hire a 'Monitor Evaluator', the project will be disorganized.
  4. It is her ability to negotiate that makes her a great 'Resource Investigator'.
  5. Should the budget be increased, we will implement the DiScan3 system.
  6. What Shireen explained was the benefit of the new security tag.
  7. Had we have more time, we could have finished the brochure.
  8. Were the CEO to approve the budget, we would begin the innovation project immediately.
  9. Only if we had seen the data we would have changed the strategy
  10. Should you require any further information regarding DiScan3, please contact us.

SPEAKING ROUND II | Argumental

Debate unprepared on the given topic.

  • Rules:
    1. This is not an argument / Dispute.
    2. Each student should take an opposing side of the debate (try "Rock, Paper, Scissors")
    3. A valid argument or counter argument = 1 point
    4. Development of each point using an example and explanation = +1 point
    5. Use of debating expression  and conjunctions = +0.5 points

 

  • Count scores after each debate.

Debate unprepared on the given topic.

  • There should be a law preventing employers from obligating workers to come into the office during the summer months, so that employees can spend more time with family.

  • Teachers and students who do not celebrate national holidays like Easter — e.g. immigrants, expats, or people from different cultural backgrounds — should continue to work during those days. These holidays are not for them.

  • Students should have the option to skip classes and exams to volunteer at charities or social causes during the school year.

  • Teachers who rely on movies or filler activities instead of teaching valuable content should be fired.

  • Governments should subsidise cultural activities and holiday accommodation for families during the holidays or difficult economic periods to reduce inequality.

SPEAKING ROUND II | Argumental

CINEMA ROUND I | THE OFFICE CENE

  • Prepare, act and record a scene for The Office where you work as a team. Use no paper.
     
  • Don't forget to use the grammar points from classes!!!
     
  • You may break the scene and the 4th wall to look/ talk to the audience.

GAME SHOW | Acronym Race

  1. AI
  2. ROI
  3. SaaS
  4. GDP
  5. CRM
  6. B2B/B2C
     
  7. KPI
  8. CFO
  9. M&A
  10. SMB
  11. R&D
  12. SWOT
     
  13. PM
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Return on Investment
  • Software as a service
  • Gross Domestic Product
  • Customer Relationship Management
  • Business-to-Business / Business-to-Customer
  • Key Performance Indicator
  • Chief Financial Officer
  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Small and Medium-Size Businesses
  • Research and Development
  • Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats
  • Project Manager

GAME SHOW | Acronym Race

  1. B2B/B2C
  2. SWOT
  3. R&D
  4. CFO
  5. KPI
  6. AI
  7. SaaS
  8. SMB
  9. PM
  10. CRM
  11. ROI
  12. M&A
  13. GDP

GAME SHOW | Pictionary

​Example: SMB

  1. AI
  2. ROI
  3. SaaS
  4. GDP
  5. CRM
  6. B2B/B2C

 

  1. KPI
  2. CFO
  3. M&A
  4. R&D
  5. SWOT
  6. PM

GAME SHOW |

Business Quick Response

  • Race to complete the questions.
    • 2 points for fastest AND correct
    • 0 points for fastest but NOT correct
    • 1 point for correct but not the fastest.
  • 8 rounds!

1 word power A

2 word power A

2 Text and Grammar B

3 Word Power A

4 Word Power A

4 Word Power E

4 Skills and Pronunciation F

5 Skills and Pronunciation F

6 Word Power C