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Teacher’s Book for Unit 2

Unit 2 Write a hotel reservation email

Starting up

About the unit

Organsing meetings is a common daily task in any workplace. In order to organise meetings, we

need to be able to write hotel reservation emails. This unit presents what needs to be included in a

hotel reservation email, and offers some strategies to develop Ss’ abilities in structuring and writing

a well-organised reservation email. After completing this unit, Ss will be able to write a hotel

reservation email at work.

Teaching objectives

When teaching this unit, the T should enable Ss to

 note down specific information about a hotel, including room types, facilities, etc. (Set the task

& Prepare for the task);

 list key requests for reserving a hotel (Prepare for the task);

 list two to three key points they need to consider when writing a hotel reservation email

(Develop the strategies);



write a hotel reservation email (Fulfil the task

& To extend

).

Teaching suggestions

The T can start this unit by showing Ss a picture of a hotel meeting room and asking them questions

about the functions of the room. Ask Ss about how they would go about booking the meeting room

if they were going to have a meeting there. Role-play is a suitable teaching method for this unit.

Ask some Ss to act as meeting organisers and others as the hotel staff. In this way, the T introduces

Ss to the task of writing hotel reservation emails.

Motivating

Ask Ss to think about what a hotel reservation email contains.

Enabling

Scenario

 Introduce the “Scenario” and help Ss to get background information about the task, e.g. the

location and time of the annual meeting, etc.

 Ask Ss to discuss in pairs what information should be included in a hotel reservation email.

 Explain the language tip.

Set the task

 Ask Ss to listen to the conversation and ask them what the task is for Margaret.

 Listen again and ask Ss to finish the tasks in “Understand the text”.





Explain the vocabulary.

Check Ss’ answers to the task in “Language in focus”.

Prepare for the task

 By “Listening” & “Reading”, ask Ss to note down Zhang Ming’s requirements and the

Holloway Hotel’s features.

 Enable Ss to develop their skills in identifying key information while reading and listening by

finishing the tasks in “Understand the text”.

 Explain the vocabulary.

 Check Ss’ answers to the tasks in “Language in focus”.

 Explain the structure and career tip where necessary.

Develop the strategies

 Ask Ss to discuss how to organise the information in a hotel reservation email.

 Ask Ss to read the email in the textbook.

 Guide Ss to write some sentences containing “Useful expressions of a reservation email”.

 Ask Ss to write down more useful sentences or expressions for a reservation email.

Assessing

Fulfil the task

 Encourage Ss to complete the task by explaining the steps in the Student Book.

 Ask Ss to write the email by themselves.

 Invite Ss to share their writing with the rest of the class. Ask Ss to give feedback on each

other’s work and give your comments or feedback.

To extend

 Ask Ss to do the comprehension work in Task 1 & Task 2 by reading the passage.

 Ask Ss to discuss the question in Task 3.

Detailed Procedures & Key

Scenario

Discussion

Work in pairs and discuss the following question:

Imagine you are Margaret. What information will you include in the reservation email?

Procedures

Break up the topic by asking detailed questions such as:

 Have you ever organised a meeting at a hotel?

 What preparations would you make if you were going to have a meeting at a hotel?

 How do you reserve a hotel?

 What information will you need for the reservation?

Vocabulary

1. Guangdong Cross-Border E-Commerce Association is planning to have its annual business

meeting in Shenzhen this year

association /әˌsәʊsiˈeɪʃәn/ n. 协会

e.g. The trade association aims to promote regional economy.

这个贸易协会旨在促进当地经济发展。

annual /ˈænjuәl/ adj. 每年的；一年一度的