In Company Courses:ENGLISH FOR BUSINESS

•Homework Review•At the airport•Case Study: Staff Appraisal•Report: Performance Review

Air Travel

You are at the airport.

How can you respond in each situation?

Watch the video of a performance review.1.How does the manager act?2.How does the employee feel?

The Manager:

•The manager is not interested. •She is not well prepared. •Her comments are not specific. •She is ‘ticking boxes’, not helping the employee develop.

The Employee:

•She feels nervous at first.•She then feels demoralised.

Staff Appraisal.Write an appraisal for Andrew Foster or David Schmidt. Include:•Comments from colleagues, customers, managers and the staff member.•Strengths•Areas to improve•Recommendations (use if clauses)

4 paragraphs150-200 wordsUse vocabulary from p.80 Include a range of tenses (past simple, present perfect, conditionals with will)