Friday, May 22, 2020

ESL Health 50, COVID-19 Break, Milpitas Adult School



Single Step English: Taking and Leaving a Message at a Company 📞 Business English Speaking Practice

This is the last Civics lesson of the school 2019-2020 school year. 
We will learn three important life and work skills:
  1. How to answer a phone call 
  2. How to write a phone message
  3. How to order office supplies
These papers will help you learn about phone calls, messages, and office supplies.
After you studies these papers, we will have a simple oral and written test:

A.  Teacher ________ will make a video call to you at a scheduled time. 
  •     Answer the phone and talk to the teacher.

B.  Teacher ________ will read this message to you:
  •     This is a Civics test for school.
  •     We use it to show that you learn English.
  •     We do not share your work outside the school.
  •     Do your own work.
  •     Do not get help or use a translator.
  •     Do not copy another person's work.
  •     Good luck!

C. You will get a blank telephone message form in the email. 
  •    No printer? Write the notes using the Telephone Message format with labels. 
  •    The Teacher will ask you to write a phone message.
  •    Write the message on a paper and show message to the Teacher.
  •    The Teacher will take a picture of your paper.

D. In your group Zoom class, you will write 4 sentences about ordering office supplies.
  •    After you write your sentences, show the sentences to the Teacher.
  •    The Teacher will take a picture of your paper.

Vocabulary and Pronunciation: