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5.4 Writing – ADVERTISING.
Mia has decided to advertise the new services of her salon. Help her create two advertisements in
English in order to promote the salon to tourists.
The first advertisement should contain only around 90 characters (with spaces) and 25 characters
for the title which is written in bold, as it is going to be published on Facebook under the
advertisement section. Add also a picture.
The other advertisement should be a radio ad which lasts for 3 minutes. Prepare the text for it,
containing a minimum of 100 words, and think of possible sound effects to make your ad more
memorable.
The advertisement should contain the following features:
a catchy slogan,
a short description of the new services the
salon is offering (manicure,...),
general benefits of these types of treatments
and recommendations,
advantages which only this salon offers (nail brand you are
using...),
general information of the salon (name, contact details...).
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5.5 Listening – AD PROPOSALS.
Mia wants to choose the best radio
advertisement for the salon, which would attract
a wider range of new clients.
PRE-LISTENING
ACTIVITY
What do you think is important in an advertisement? Which ads do you personally find very
attractive, which put you off and why?
In small groups, discuss and agree upon 4 criteria to assess the effect of ads.
WHILE-LISTENING ACTIVITY
Listen to the presentation of your peers’ ads prepared in the previous activity and evaluate them
according to your criteria by giving them points from 1-5 (1 = very bad 5= very good), as well as
assign a point if the classmate included the following:
a catchy slogan,
a short description of the new services the salon is offering (manicure,...),
general benefits of these types of
treatments and recommendations,
advantages which only this salon offers (nail brand you are using...),
general information of the salon (name, contact details...).
NAME
of the
peer
Does the ad contain: (0 or 1 point)
give from 1-5 points if the ad was:
Total
points
catchy
slogan
describe
services
general
benefits
advant.
of salon
info of
salon
catchy funny …
…
…
…
POST-LISTENING ACTIVITY
In class, vote who created the best ad and discuss why.
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5.6 Speaking – I NEED MORE INFO...
1. Find a classmate who evaluated your work with the same number of points as you gave him/her.
2. Take a look at the two features of the ad for which you gave the least points.
3. Imagine you are a new client and your partner is Mia. Act out a telephone conversation, in which
you inquire about the information, poorly presented in the ad.
Example:
catchy
slogan
description of
services
general
benefits
advantages
of
the salon
info of the
salon
catchy funny informative price
included
memorable good
speed
1
0
1
0
0
3
5
2
0
4
2
The client:
Hello, I am calling to….
I would like to ask you to describe your services a bit more to me.
I didn’t quite catch the name and the location of your salon. Could you...
…
5.7 Vocabulary – Expressions.
ACTIVITY 1. Mia is explaining the whole procedure of manicure to a client, but she is a bit
uncertain about the appropriate vocabulary.
Help her by filling in the missing gaps with the
appropriate words from the box.
oil
base coat
nail polish
quick dry
soak
cuticle
remover
file
clipped
The manicure always starts by choosing the colour of the ............................... . Then you
............................... your hands in the water for a few minutes. Then, I cut and ...............................
your nails and apply ............................... and then soak your hands again. After that, cuticles are
pushed back and ............................... if needed. After this procedure, cuticle ............................... is
applied and massaged into the skin. When all this is done, we can start applying nail polish. First of
all ............................... is used, then usually two coats of polish are applied and to finish the
manicure I spray a ............................... . It is recommended to wait for 5 to 10 minutes for the
manicure to get fully dry.