2. E-commerce (vocabulary review)
What goods or services do you or people you know buy over the Internet? Is
there anything you/they prefer not to buy?
What are the advantages of shopping online? (for the companies and for the
customers)
What are the disadvantages of shopping online? (for the companies and for
the customers)
What search engines do you use and why? What makes a website easy or
difficult to use?
Do you agree with the following:
• There is no safe way of buying goods online.
• All retailers will have to sell online.
3. Conditional sentences (pg. 58)
Zero Conditional – general truth
When markets crash, everyone suffers.
The First Conditional – possible
If we get that designer, we will have a winning team.
The Second Conditional – imaginary
If we relaunched our website, we would get better results.
The Third Conditional – impossible
If we had prepared properly, we wouldn’t have lost the contract.
Inversion in conditionals (with Modals, WERE and Third Conditional)
Should you need any information, please contat me. = If you should need...
Were it not for Patrick, we’d be in a terrible mess. = If it were not for Patrick...
Had the market conditions been better, the offer would have been a success. = If
the market conditions had been better...
IF = AS LONG AS / SUPPOSING (THAT) / PROVIDING (THAT) / PROVIDED (THAT)
IF NOT = UNLESS
4. Conditional sentences
• If you want to buy something online, ...
• If you bought that jacket online, ...
• If I had checked the brand’s online shop, ...
Ex. C, pg. 58
Meanings of Conditional sentences:
• Speculating about the future
• Reflecting on the past
• Advice/warning/threat
• Invitation/request
• Promise
• Bargaining
Ex. A, pg. 58
5. Skills: Presentations
Involving the audience
OK, what is Smartwork?
How many of you have heard of it?
Can you just raise your hands?
Emphasising
I’d just like to highlight...
I’d like to stress the importance of...
The great thing about the Internet
is...
Commenting
I think that’s interesting because...
I think what this means is...
What this means is...
Changing the subject
OK, I’ll move on to...
Turning now to...
Right. The next thing I’d like to do is...
Referring to visuals
Let’s look at the chart.
Let me draw your attention to the table.
As you can see, ...
6. • Follow the task procedure on the WebQuest link
(http://zunal.com/webquest.php?w=263207)
• Give a pair/group presentation (on Monday, Jan 20th 2020)
WebQuest (E-week 3)
