Wednesday, 12 March 2014

ECII B2+2 Groups 1 and 10 Lesson 4

Lesson 4
Conditionals continued
http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/w/page/11442621/Conditionals
http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/w/page/42354161/A%20Comparison%20between%20Italian%20and%20English%20Conditional%20Forms
Listening - The effects of the Global Financial Crisis
Business Plans http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/w/page/37941671/Business%20Plans

Notes

To be made redundant
To go into liquidation
It’s one of those Catch 22s in the sense that you do now have the stigma of being made redundant is on your CV
The phrase "Catch-22", "a problematic situation for which the only solution is denied by a circumstance inherent in the problem or by a rule," has entered the English language from the novel by Joseph Heller and the film of the same name.
To be on the ropes

Homework
Prepare a business plan for a company 'on the ropes'.
Group 1 (2:30 pm) will work in pairs, Group 10 (5pm) will work individually. Next week you will have some time to prepare an oral presentation  but think about your product or service, its USP, your market research and implementation strategy. Pair presentations will last 10 minutes including questions, individual presentations 5 minutes.
For examples of companies on the ropes see: http://www.benzinga.com/news/earnings/14/01/4243285/retailers-on-the-ropes-7-companies-expected-to-have-a-difficult-2014
http://money.msn.com/investing/7-companies-on-the-ropes-in-2013
http://money.msn.com/investment-advice/7-companies-on-the-ropes-in-2012


Self Study
Conditionals - Extra Practice
Reading - Consumer Law http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/w/page/11442621/Conditionals
Listening - Silver Linings Playbook 
 

https://www.youtube.com/embed/AKRCOAVtXgU?feature=oembed
 
For more about Silver Linings Playbook see: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1045658/?ref_=nv_sr_1

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