Adverbs of Frequency- Business Culture
A LESSON PLAN FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHERS
Using adverbs of frequency to describe how companies, industries, countries, etc are different from one another.
Lesson Plan Content:
Business culture in your country frequency expressions discuss and agree
Use frequency expressions like “Once or twice a year” and “Almost never” to make general statements about business culture in your country. You can also make statements about smaller groups of people such as middle managers, directors or male office workers. Your partner will agree or disagree and/ or compare to other countries, then do the same with other statements.
In this country In my country In this company In my company In this sector In my sector In my section |
(top/ middle) managers employees/ staff new recruits (admin/ data entry) clerks colleagues/ co-workers engineers
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argue bow carry business cards change job/ department/ branch chat at work complain do (unpaid) overtime drink in meetings/ eat in meetings drink together/ get drunk eat at their desk enjoy working get angry give gifts go home early go on business trips have breakfast meetings have fun at work have long (summer) vacations have lunch meetings have meetings in cafés have parties have pointless meetings hug joke at work kiss on the cheek overwork shake hands take a break/ relax at work take (language/ professional) exams take time off sick use family names/ use last names use first names/ use given names use PowerPoint use social media visit… wear a tie wear a uniform wear casual clothes at work work at weekends work late/ work long hours |
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