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Unit 7 Business Meetings and Visiting Arrangements Background Business meetings Meetings come in all shapes and sizes. There are the everyday office meetings, board meetings, seminars—all the way up to major conferences. And meetings can now be face-to-face, teleconference, videoconference, or online via the Internet. When planning a meeting, you should consider the following four principles: Preparation: make sure your meeting has a clear, stated purpose and an agenda; participants are chosen carefully, invited in professional way and given sufficient prior information; also attention to details including room bookings, catering, a/v equipment, reminders. Facilitation: meaning someone or a team is responsible for guiding the meetings, a plan for the meeting is reflected in the agenda and the facilitator (or chair) keeps things on time and on track. Inspiration: meaning opportunity for spontaneity and enthusiasm. Results: every meeting should be directed toward one or more outcomes. Participants must feel something has been accomplished. Suggested teaching plan Items Objectives Suggested Time Getting Ready To learn about ordinal numbers, days and months 10 min. Text A To get a general idea about productive business meetings To master the important expressions and structures in the text and be able to apply them in practice 80 min. Language Focus To have a good command of the core vocabulary and structures in Text A To learn to use direct and indirect speech: statements 45 min. Text B To have an overview of introducing your company to a visitor 45 min. Vocational Focus To learn the basic steps of receiving a visitor 90 min. Skill Focus —Listening and Speaking To learn the differences between some similar sounds in English To practice your speaking skills 45 min. Skill Focus —Practical Writing To consolidate the use of direct and indirect speech 40 min. Practical Learning To learn about special days in the UK and the USA 5 min. Getting Ready A (5 min.) a. Have t