Matakuliah
Tahun
Versi
: G0682 / Bahasa Inggris Ekonomi 1
: 2005
: versi/revisi
Pertemuan 4
Unit 2 – Selling Online
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Learning Outcomes
Pada akhir pertemuan ini, diharapkan mahasiswa
dapat :
• Mendemonstrasikan beberapa aspek
tentang “online business” dan teknik
bernegoisasi dalam studi kasus (C3).
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Class Discussion
A. Do you enjoy shopping? Do you shop
online?
B. Which of the following you bought
online? Why?
Books and magazines designer clothes
CDs perfume holidays groceries
Jewellry
travel/concert tickets
C. Some people prefer not to buy goods
and services online. Why?
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Individual Assignment
Vocabulary: Shopping Online
1. Do Exercises A, B (page 14 – 15)
Listening: Selling online
A. Listening 2.1. Simon Murdoch set up
the online bookshop Amazon.co.uk.
Listen to the first part of the interview
and complete the extracts below (p.15)
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Listening: Selling online (contd..)
A. Listening 2.2. Listen to the second
part of the interview. Answer these
questions about the online company
e-toys.
1. What was good about e-toys?
2. What problems did e-toys have?
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Listening: Selling online (contd..)
A. Listening 2.3. Listen to the last part of the interview.
Simon describes the main differences between
selling online and high street retailing. Which of
these statement are true according to Simon?
1.
2.
3.
4.
Selling online is similar to selling by mail order
in many ways.
Warehouses are not essential when selling
online.
Location is more important for online selling
than for high street retailing.
High street retailers need to present goods
attractively to get people to buy.
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Reading
The arrival of virtual pocket money
A. Discuss these questions.
1. What do you think teenagers like to buy
online?
2. What Problems do you think teenagers
have buying online?
Then do exercises B, C, D, E, F. (p.16)
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Modals 2: must, need to, have
to, should
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Strong obligation: must, need to, & have to
To give advice: should
Lack of obligation: don’t have to, don’t need to
Prohibition: mustn’t
Do Exercises A, B (Page 17)
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Individual work
C. Write a list of tips for an online retailer
(Based on the transcript of the interview with
Simon Murdoch on page 44)
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Additional Resources
Go to the following web sites to do
exercises on modal verbs and learn some
relevant grammar especially modal verbs.
• Quiz tentang modals:
http://webster.commnet.edu/cgishl/quiz.pl/modal_quiz.htm
• English grammar
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learning
english/grammar/index.shtml
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