Business English for Administrative Assistants: Planning a Business Trip

This task sequence is designed to simulate real-world skills required for administrative assistants, including listening comprehension, note-taking, collaboration, and planning. It is designed for learners B1+.

Learners play the role of an assistant for Jessica Chen. They will first process Ms. Chen's voicemail to extract details, then collaborate to organize her business trip into a week-long schedule. Finally, they'll use a rubric to evaluate task completion. It is designed to last approximately 120-150 minutes divided into two 60-90 minute sessions.

Tasks and Skills:

• listening
• notetaking
• collaborating to complete missing information
• webquest: researching and planning
• scheduling
• evaluating plans

Purchase includes:

• trainer notes
• participant materials
• link to audio file
• task rubric
• modification option for lower level learners