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1.4 Writing – SPREAD THE WORD!
The beauty salon ...............................
(NAME)
will soon open, so it would be a good idea to advertise it.
Because Mia’s
salon is located near a hotel, an advertisement should be also in English.
With your partner help her write and design a promotional leaflet in English. The advertisement
should include the following points:
list the treatments the salon is offering,
state the opening date: 1
st
October (current year),
describe each service in a sentence: facials, skin-problem treatments, makeup,
mention the brand names of products the salon will use.
Write about 100 words. You may also include a picture if you like.
Picture
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1.5 Speaking – HOW MUCH?
Mia needs to set the prices and she needs your advice.
PRE-SPEAKING
ACTIVITY
What are the factors which contribute to the
height of the prices?
Do you think it is important where the salon is
located or how much your competition charges?
In class, form two groups, one doing Activity 1 and the other group Activity 2.
SPEAKING ACTIVITY 1
In pairs, discuss and suggest reasonable prices for the following treatments in the salon: facial,
waxing, oxygen facial treatment, skin peeling. Try to agree in your group on the prices and find
arguments for your decisions.
SPEAKING ACTIVITY 2
Try to estimate the costs of products needed for the treatment given below and the time needed to
give the treatment. Combine the two and try to estimate the cost of the following treatments: facial,
waxing, oxygen facial treatment, skin peeling.
SPEAKING ACTIVITY 3
Compare suggestions from Group 1 and estimations of the costs in Group 2. Discuss the prices
based on the findings of both groups and correct them if necessary. Once you agree on the prices for
all treatments, fill in the price list for the beauty salon.
The
Services Price List of
...............................
(NAME)
Type of service
The cost of products
needed
Time needed
Price
for the treatment
FACIAL
WAXING
OXYGEN FACIAL...
SKIN PEEL
The price list is valid from _ /_ /___;
...............................
(CITY).
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1.6 Listening – THE BIG DAY.
Today is the day of the grand opening of the beauty salon
...............................
(NAME)
in ...............................
(CITY)
and Mia is preparing the
speech she is going to give in front of all the invited guests and potential
clients.
PRE-LISTENING ACTIVITY
However, she has some problems with her speech and does not know what to
say to the guests. Do you have any suggestions?
In pairs discuss what her speech should go like and write down some points you advise her to
mention. For example:
Greet guests and ... .
Say why you decided to open a beauty salon and... .
Present.
WHILE-LISTENING ACTIVITY
Your suggestions helped Mia finally finish her speech. However, she still has some problems
delivering it.
Listen very carefully as she practices to see if she forgot to mention something by ticking off the
statements in the table below.
Statement:
true
false
not
given
Mia first greets the guests and introduces herself.
✓
She is grateful that so many guests have come.
She has wanted to own a salon since she was 9 years old.
She is grateful to her two sisters and her mother.
Her mother didn’t want to buy her makeup in the past.
The name of the salon was chosen by you.
POST-LISTENING ACTIVITY
So, how did you like her speech? Was she convincing?
In small groups, discuss what the important characteristics of a good speech are and give Mia some
final guidelines before the big night.