Business (Intermediate Chapter 1)｜ビジネス会話（中級１章）Lesson14: Explaining data in a meeting

PART A_1

Let’s learn new vocabulary. Listen and repeat these words with your tutor.

PART A_2

1.　the number of ~ 〜の数
	This chart contains the number of sales we had last month.
2.　refer 参照する、参考にする
	Please refer to the manual for more details.
3.　overall 全体
	Overall, the result was satisfactory.
4.　fill (someone) in ～に情報を与える
	Could you fill me in on your plan?
5.　beyond …の向こうに、…を越えて
	We must go beyond our customers’ expectations.

PART A_3

I will ask the questions. Please answer them in complete sentences.

PART A_4

1.	What is your company’s target number of sales in a month?
2.	What do you refer to when checking product quality?
3.	Overall, how is your work progress so far?
4.	Have you filled a colleague in on a sales report?
5.	What should you do to go beyond your target?

PART B_1

Let’s read the dialogue. I will play Ron and you will play Emma. Then, we’ll switch roles.

PART B_2

Good morning, Emma. I wasn’t able to attend the meeting yesterday. Could you explain this chart to me?

Sure. The chart shows the number of medical equipment we sold.

Oh, I see. Where can I see the overview of the report?

Here. Please refer to this table for our overall sales.

Thanks! I’m checking it right now. Overall, this report shows that we had the highest sales last January.

That’s right. We have to keep working harder to further improve our sales.

I agree. Thank you for filling me in.

No problem. Let’s do our best!

PART C_1

Let’s read the dialogue. Read aloud and fill in the blanks as you remember the sentences you just read.

PART C_2

Good morning, Emma. I wasn’t able to attend the meeting yesterday. Could you explain this chart to me?

Sure. The chart ______________ medical equipment we sold.

Oh, I see. Where can I see the overview of the report?

Here. Please refer to this table for ______________.

Thanks! I’m checking it right now. Overall, this report shows that we had ______________.

That’s right. We have to keep working harder to further improve our sales.

I agree. Thank you for filling me in.

No problem. Let’s do our best!

PART D_1

Let’s read the new dialogue. Read aloud and fill in the blanks with the vocabulary and expressions you learned.

PART D_2

Hi, Emma. Sorry for bothering you, but could you explain this to me?

Sure! The ______________ the number of computers we sold.

Where can I see the overview of the report?

I’ll send it to you. ______________ to the table for our overall sales.

Thanks! So overall, ______________ that we had the highest sales last April.

Yes, so we need to keep working harder to improve our sales to go
beyond our target.

I agree with you. Let’s do our best!

PART E_1

Let’s do a roleplay. Talk with me according to the situation below, using the expressions you just learned.

PART E_2

Your colleague was not able to attend the meeting yesterday due to a cold. Explain the details of the chart to him/her that were discussed in the conference. Your tutor will pretend to be your colleague.

PART E_3

REVIEW AND FEEDBACK

Now, let us review the things that you learned in this lesson.

ではこのレッスンで学んだことを振り返りましょう。

(Please give a short feedback on how your student did on your class.)

	Grammar 文法	Pronunciation 発音	Vocabulary 単語	Comprehension 理解
GOOD	文法の誤りはほとんどなく、完全な文章で話すことができる	ほとんどの単語をはっきりと正しく発音することができる	習った表現を適切に使うことができる	文章を理解し、質問に正しく答えることができる
FAIR	文法の誤りはあるが、完全な文章で話すことができる	発音の練習が必要な言葉がいくつかある	たまにミスはあるが、習った表現を適切に使うことができる	文章を完全に理解するのは難しく、質問に正しく答えられないときもある
POOR	文章で話すのは難しく、単語だけで話すことができる	発音の練習が必要である	習った単語と表現を少しだけ使うことができる	文章を理解するのは難しく、質問に答えるのは難しい

TUTOR FEEDBACK

GRAMMAR
Good:	Was able to speak in complete sentences with minimal grammatical errors.
Fair:	Was able to speak in complete sentences with evident grammatical errors.
Poor:	Was able to speak using words only.
PRONUNCIATION
Good:	Was able to pronounce most of the words clearly and correctly.
Fair:	Mispronounced a few words.
Poor:	Mispronounced most of the words.
VOCABULARY
Good:	Used appropriate expressions learned in class.
Fair:	Used appropriate expressions learned in class and made a few errors in word choice.
Poor:	Used only a few words and expressions.
COMPREHENSION
Good:	Was able to understand the passages and answer the questions correctly.
Fair:	Had a little difficulty in understanding passages and answering questions.
Poor:	Had a hard time understanding passages and answering questions.