Module 1-Task 3: Panel meeting to hire a new project manager

TASK 3: Panel meeting to hire a new project manager

Module 1 Task 3 “Panel meeting to hire a new project manager” consists of 3 activities and a real-life task:

Activity 1: Introducing meetings

Activity 2: Raising awareness of intercultural aspects of meetings

Activity  3: Language for participating in a  meeting

Activity 4: Practising agreeing/disagreeing/giving opinion

REAL-LIFE TASK 3: Panel meeting to choose the best candidate for the position

Learning objectives for TASK 3:

SKILLS

  • READING:
    • B1 – I can understand texts that consist mainly of high frequency everyday or job-related language. I can understand the description of events, feelings and wishes in personal letters.
    • B2 – I can read articles and reports concerned with contemporary problems in which the writers adopt particular attitudes or viewpoints. I can understand contemporary literary prose
  • WRITING:
    • B1 – I can write simple connected text on topics which are familiar or of personal interest. I can write personal letters describing experiences and impressions
    • B2 – I can write simple connected text on topics which are familiar or of personal interest. I can write personal letters describing experiences and impressions I can write simple connected text on topics which are familiar or of personal interest. I can write personal letters describing experiences and impressions.
  • LISTENING:
    • B1 – I can understand the main points of clear standard speech on familiar matters regularly encountered in work, school, leisure, etc. I can understand the main point of many radio or TV programmes on current affairs or topics of personal or professional interest when the delivery is relatively slow and clear.
    • B2 – I can understand extended speech and lectures and follow even complex lines of argument provided the topic is reasonably familiar. I can understand most TV news and current affairs programmes. I can understand the majority of films in standard dialect
  • SPOKEN PRODUCTION:
    • B1 – I can present clear, detailed descriptions on a wide range of subjects related to my field of interest. I can explain a viewpoint on a topical issue giving the advantages and disadvantages of various options
    • B2 – I can present clear, detailed descriptions on a wide range of subjects related to my field of interest. I can explain a viewpoint on a topical issue giving the advantages and disadvantages of various options
  • SPEAKING INTERACTION:
    • B1 – I can deal with most situations likely to arise whilst travelling in an area where the language is spoken. I can enter unprepared into conversation on topics that are familiar, of personal interest or pertinent to everyday life (e.g. family, hobbies, work, travel and current events).
    • B2 – I can interact with a degree of fluency and spontaneity that makes regular interaction with native speakers quite possible. I can take an active part in discussion in familiar contexts, accounting for and sustaining my views

LANGUAGE

  • Vocabulary: vocabulary and phrases/chunks relevant for meetings (formal & informal)
  • Grammar & Discourse: grammatical and discourse structures relevant for meetings (formal & informal)
  • Pronunciation: practicing comprehensible pronunciation on B1/B2 level

GENRES:

  • Meetings (formal & informal)

INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE (IC):

IC features of meetings