【Class Material】 Beginner : WEEK 4

WEEK 4 : Section 1~3

Past Tense & Familiar Conversations

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1.)   Review of Week 3 (20 minutes)

Review Communication Strategies

Communication Strategy 1: Could you speak slowly, please?

Communication Strategy 2: What does ○○○ mean?

Communication Strategy 3: Could you rephrase that, please?

Communication Strategy 4: Could you say that again, please?

Communication Strategy 5: Let me search a word.

Communication Strategy 6: Let me think for a moment.

Communication Strategy 7: I'm afraid that I'm a little confused.

Vocabulary Review

Vocabulary List

English	English Definition	Japanese (日本語)
Headquarters	a company's main office	本社
Department	a section of a company	部門
Sales	department of a company that sells products or services	営業
Marketing	department of a company that advertises products or services	マーケティング
Research	department of a company that develops new products or services	研究
Distribution	the process of giving or sending things to different people or places	流通
Customer support	help and service given to customers when they have questions or problems	顧客サポート
Production	the process of making things, especially in a factory	生産
Profit	the money a business makes after paying all its costs	利益
Revenue	the total money a business gets from selling things	収入

Exercise: Multiple Choice Vocabulary Practice

1. Our __________ is responsible for solving customer problems.

   • a) Research

   • b) Customer support

   • c) Sales

     
     

2. The company headquarters is located in Tokyo, while the __________ office is here.

   • a) Department

   • b) Marketing

   • c) Sales

     
     

3. __________ refers to how much money the company makes.

   • a) Revenue

   • b) Profit

   • c) Headquarters

     
     

4. Our __________ team creates new product ideas.

   • a) Production

   • b) Sales

   • c) Research

     
     

5. __________ is important to delivering our products to stores on time.

   • a) Customer support

   • b) Distribution

   • c) Marketing

     
     

6. The __________ department sells our products to customers.

   • a) Research

   • b) Sales

   • c) Headquarters

Review Grammar Section : More Question Forms (Time)

Explanation:

In this section, we will review question forms about time. For example:

• "When is the meeting?"

  （会議はいつですか？）

• "What time does the presentation start?"

  （プレゼンテーションは何時に始まりますか？）

Exercise: Rewrite the sentences as questions about time.

1. The meeting is at 10 a.m.

2. The deadline is next Friday.

3. The presentation starts at 2 p.m.

4. The report is due at the end of the month.

5. Our next task begins tomorrow.

6. The client visit is scheduled for next Tuesday.

Review Speaking Section : Business Conversation - Asking and Answering Questions About Their Company

Instructions:

Students will practice asking and answering questions about their company, focusing on departments.

Business Conversation Prompts:

1. What department do you work in?

2. How does your department help the company?

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2.)   New Material (60 minutes)

New Vocabulary Section

Vocabulary List:

English Word	English Definition	Japanese Definition
Work	something that you do for a living	仕事
Task	A small job you need to do	課題
Complete	To finish something	完了する
Important	Something matters a lot	重要な
Report	A document with information	報告書
Meet	To talk with someone	会う
Help	To do something for someone else	手伝う
Write	To put words on paper or a computer	書く
Send	To give something to someone, like an email	送る
Call	To talk on the phone	電話する
Plan	To think about something before doing it	計画
Check	To look at something carefully	確認する
Prepare	To get ready for something	準備する
Meeting	A time when people talk about work	会議
Problem	Something that needs a solution	問題

Exercise: Multiple Choice Vocabulary Practice

1. I need to __________ this report before the meeting.

   • Plan

   • Write

   • Help

2. Our team had a big __________ to talk about next week’s tasks.

   • Task

   • Meeting

   • Problem

3. Yesterday, I helped __________ a plan for the new project.

   • Send

   • Prepare

   • Call

4. She had to __________ the email to the manager before leaving work.

   • Send

   • Check

   • Meet

5. The report was very __________, so everyone read it carefully.

   • Complete

   • Important

   • Problem

6. We had to __________ the data again because there was a mistake.

   • Write

   • Call

   • Check

New Grammar Section: Simple Past Tense for Talking About Past Experiences

• Explanation: The Simple Past tense is used to talk about completed actions in the past.

  Example:

  "I worked in marketing last year." (私は昨年マーケティング部で働きました。)

  
  

• Exercise 1: Fill-in-the-Blanks

  Complete the sentences with the correct Past Simple form of the verb in parentheses.

  
  

1.  Last week, I __________ (attend) a meeting.

2.  Our team __________ (finish) the report yesterday.

3.  They __________ (work) on the project last month.

4.  She __________ (help) a client with a problem.

5.  We __________ (have) a great time at the conference.

6.  He __________ (present) his idea at the last meeting.

Exercise 2: Convert Present Tense Sentences to Past Tense

Change the following sentences into the past tense.

1.   "I work in the sales department."

2.   "They attend the training every month."

3.   "She helps customers every day."

4.   "We meet clients weekly."

5.   "He presents his ideas in meetings."

6.   "Our team works hard every day."

Business Activity: Reporting What Happened Last Week

Instructions:

• The teacher will lead a group discussion where each student shares what they did in their job last week, using the past tense. Try to use the words from the word bank below.

• Prompts:

  • "What did you do last week at work?"

  • "Did you complete any important tasks at work? What were they?"

  
  

TRY TO USE THE WORDS IN THE WORD BANK BELOW: 

Work, Task, Complete, Important, Report, Meet, Help, Write, Send, Call, Plan, Check, Prepare, Meeting, Problem

Speaking Section: Familiar Conversations

Instructions:

• Students will participate in a group discussion led by the teacher, focusing on familiar topics related to their past experiences about Free Time, Travel, and Shopping.

Casual Discussion Prompts:

• "What did you do last weekend?"

• "What was your favorite vacation? What did you do?"

• "Did you go shopping last week? What did you buy?"

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3.)   Casual Discussion: Health (10 minutes)

Teacher Questions:

• What do you do to be healthy?

• How do you feel less stress?

• Do you exercise? What do you do?

• How many hours do you sleep? Is it enough?

• What do you do so you don’t get sick?

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