Teaching Procedures
Periods 1-2 Reading A
1. Introduction to Unit field work and lead-in to Reading A 10 min.
a. Describe a situation in which current assessment is involved and assign the field work project by saying, for example:
Hello, class. Have you ever been cheated into buying something you will never need? Have you read newspaper reports or seen on TV about those helpless workers been cheated out of their hard-earn salaries? Well, the field work project for this unit is to do some research about business ethics.
b. Ask students to:
- search the library or the Internet for information about business ethics;
- make a list of questions and use them to interview people around them for cases of business ethics.
- write a report about your group work and prepare for an in-class presentation.
c. Lead in to Reading A by saying, for example:
As the first step of your field work project, you may get some basic ideas about business ethics by going through Reading A.
2. Pre-reading activities 10 min.
Activity 1 Brainstorming
a. Students work with partners and list some words relevant to business ethics.
b. Invite some students to give their list and provide the suggested list below if necessary:
morality, selfish, profit, community...
3. In-reading activities 50 min.
Activity 1 Individual work: finding out the difficulties
a. Students read the text with attention to possible language difficulties and special terms.
b. Students raise questions concerning the difficulties found while reading.
c. Encourage students to join in the explanation of difficult points.
d. Then ask some more questions relevant to the paragraphs.
Paragraph one:
- What do “these constituents” refer to?
- How are ethics defined in Webster’s dictionary?
- What do business ethics refer to?
- Can business ethics be measured? How?
Paragraph two:
- What is the main idea of this paragraph?
- Why is unethical behavior common in some firms?
- Can ethical behavior increase a firm’s profitability? Why?
Paragraph three:
- What measures do most firms take to maintain high ethical standards?
- What should be done to maintain ethical behavior?
d. Comment on students’ performance.
Activity 2 Pair work: reviewing the expressions
a. Students work in pairs with one reading out language points or special terms and the other making a sentence, paraphrasing or translating.
b. Monitor the work and provide help if necessary.
Activity 3 Group work: getting the ideas
a. Students work in groups to discuss
- why we should emphasis business ethics.
- how we can improve business ethics.
b. Group representatives report about their work.
c. Invite peer comment and give feedback.
Possible difficulties in Reading A
- prominent: noticeable and outstanding
e.g. a prominent politician
- be sentenced to: to give a punishment
e.g. He was sentenced to three years in prison.
He robbed the bank and was sentenced to ten year’s imprisonment.
- insider: someone who is in a group whose membership gives him / or her special information and / or power.
- insider outsider
- merge v.: to join together
e.g. The two companies merged to become stronger.
- merger n.: a joining together of two or more companies.
- be convicted of 宣判有罪；证明有罪
e.g. The criminal was convicted of murder.
- scheme:
a) a plan, system
a health insurance scheme
b) a clever dishonest plan
a scheme to escape taxes
- allege: to state or declare with proof
e.g. The police alleged that the man was murdered but they have given no proof.
- The article questions the ethical conduct of certain journalists, who allegedly used threats in order to obtain interview.
- violate: to act against
e.g. The country violated the international agreement.
- violation: a violation of the recent agreement
- correlation between…: a high correlation between unemployment and crime
- caliber n. : the quality of something or someone
e.g. This work is of a very high caliber.
- viability : the ability to succeed in operation
- code n.
a) a system of words, letters, numbers, etc used instead of ordinary writing, esp. to keep messages secret
e.g. a computer code
b) a system of collection of social customs or laws 礼法；规范
e.g. a code of behavior
- imperative adj. : must be done
e.g. It’ s imperative that you go now.
- conduct v.: to lead, control, manage or direct
e.g. She conducts her business very successfully.
He conducted us on a tour of the castle.
Your children conduct themselves well.
John was appointed to conduct the advertising campaign.
4. Post-reading activities 30 min.
Activity 1 Individual work: reviewing the ideas
a. Students read the passage again and point out the main idea of each paragraph.
b. Invite some students to present their work.
c. Give comments and refer them to exercise I for the topic sentences of some paragraphs.
Activity 2 Group work: case study
a. Students work in groups and discuss the cases in exercise III.
b. Groups present their work.
c. Invite peer comments.
d. Give feedback.
5. Assignment
a. Students finish exercises IV-VII based on what they have learned in Reading A.
b. Students preview Reading B.
c. Students spare some time for the field work project.
