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20-Page Handout + MP3 + 8 Online Quizzes on Armani

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Armani is known all across the world for being a leader in style. The Italian fashion house was founded by legendary designer Giorgio Armani in 1975. It is today one of the fashion world’s most prestigious names. It produces a wide range of clothes, accessories, glasses and cosmetics. All of these are carefully branded as ‘sub-labels’ to target different markets. The Giorgio Armani collection is one of the most expensive in the world. For the not-so-rich, there is the Armani Exchange, which has more moderately priced items. The company operates several hundred stores around the world. Armani is branching out into luxury tourism by opening a chain of stylish, 5-star boutique hotels and resorts in the world’s trendiest cities. The first opened in Dubai in 2010 in Burj Khalifa – the world’s tallest building.

1. BRAINSTORM CHAT: Write all the words you can think of about Armani on the board or on a piece of paper. Talk about these words with your partner(s).

2. ARMANI MORNING: Each student pretends to be an employee of Armani. They walk around the class and talk about the company and their job.

3. RUMOURS: Each student writes down a pretend rumour about Armani. They then walk around the class and talk to other students about their rumour.

4. GOOD AND BAD: Brainstorm good and bad things about Armani and write them on the board. Students talk about these in pairs.

5. TRUE OR FALSE: Students find out several facts about Armani. They write these down and add the same number of things about the company that are false. Students test each other on which of their points are true or false.

6. FACTS: In groups, students write down as many facts as they can about Armani. The winner is the group with the most facts. Teacher may wish to have groups share their facts to make sure they are real.

  LISTENING / READING GAP FILL

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  CORRECT THE SPELLING

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  UNJUMBLE THE WORDS

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  INSERT THE VOWELS

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  PUNCTUATE THE TEXT AND ADD CAPITALS

armani is known all across the world for being a leader in style the italian fashion house was founded by legendary designer giorgio armani in 1975 it is today one of the fashion world’s most prestigious names it produces a wide range of clothes accessories glasses and cosmetics all of these are carefully branded as ‘sub-labels’ to target different markets the giorgio armani collection is one of the most expensive in the world for the not-so-rich there is the armani exchange which has more moderately priced items the company operates several hundred stores around the world armani is branching out into luxury tourism by opening a chain of stylish 5-star boutique hotels and resorts in the world’s trendiest cities the first opened in dubai in 2010 in burj khalifa – the world’s tallest building

  CHOOSE THE CORRECT TENSE

Armani is .......... (know) all across the world for being a leader in style. The Italian fashion house was .......... (found) by legendary designer Giorgio Armani in 1975. It .......... (be) today one of the fashion world’s most prestigious names. It .......... (produce) a wide range of clothes, accessories, glasses and cosmetics. All of these are carefully .......... (brand) as ‘sub-labels’ to target different markets. The Giorgio Armani collection .......... (be) one of the most expensive in the world. For the not-so-rich, there is the Armani Exchange, which .......... (have) more moderately priced items. The company .......... (operate) several hundred stores around the world. Armani is .......... (branch) out into luxury tourism by opening a chain of stylish, 5-star boutique hotels and resorts in the world’s trendiest cities. The first .......... (open) in Dubai in 2010 in Burj Khalifa – the world’s tallest building.

  REWRITE WITH SPACES

Armaniisknownallacrosstheworldforbeingaleaderinstyle.TheItalianfashionhousewasfoundedby
legendarydesignerGiorgioArmaniin1975.Itistodayoneofthefashionworld’smostprestigious
names.Itproducesawiderangeofclothes,accessories,glassesandcosmetics.Allofthesearecarefully
brandedas‘sub-labels’totargetdifferentmarkets.TheGiorgioArmanicollectionisoneofthemostexpensiveinthe
world.Forthenot-so-rich,thereistheArmaniExchange,whichhasmoremoderatelypriceditems.Thecompanyoperates
severalhundredstoresaroundtheworld.Armaniisbranchingoutintoluxurytourismbyopeninga
chainofstylish,5-starboutiquehotelsandresortsintheworld’strendiestcities.Thefirstopenedin
Dubaiin2010inBurjKhalifa–theworld’stallestbuilding.

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  CHOOSE THE CORRECT WORD

  PROJECT ARMANI

Part 1. Your mission is to increase the profits and sales of Armani. Complete this  table with your project partner(s):

Part 2. Change partners and look at their project. Suggest improvements. Ask for advice on your project:

Part 3. Make a presentation on your project. Give it to the class. Vote the best projects.

  ARMANI – ROLE PLAY 1

  ARMANI – ROLE PLAY 2

  JOB INTERVIEW ROLE PLAY

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  DISCUSSION (Write your own questions)

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  ARMANI SURVEY

Write five GOOD questions about Armani in the table. Do this in pairs. Each student must write the questions on his / her own paper.

When you have finished, interview other students. Write down their answers.

• Now return to your original partner and share and talk about what you found out. Change partners often.
• Make mini-presentations to other groups on your findings.

  WRITING 1 – SPEED WRITING

Write anything about Armani for 10 minutes. Show your partner your paper. Correct each other’s work.

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  WRITING 2 – LETTER OF COMPLAINT

Write a letter to Armani. Complain about one of its products. Ask for a refund. Show your partner your paper. Correct each other’s work.

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  WRITING 3 – LETTER OF APOLOGY

Write a letter of apology to the customer. Explain why you cannot give a refund. Show your partner your letter. Correct each other’s work.

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  HOMEWORK

1. VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Choose several of the words from the text. Use a dictionary or Google’s search field (or another search engine) to build up more associations / collocations of each word.

2. INTERNET INFO: Search the Internet and find more information about Armani. Talk about what you discover with your partner(s) in the next lesson.

3. MAGAZINE ARTICLE: Write a magazine article about Armani. What have they done recently? What are their plans? Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Give each other feedback on your articles.

4. ARMANI POSTER Make a poster about Armani. Make sure you sell the company to the public.  Show it to your classmates in the next lesson. Give each other feedback on your posters.

5. MY ARMANI LESSON: Make your own English lesson on Armani. Make sure there is a good mix of things to do. Find some good online activities. Teach the class / another group when you have finished.

6. ONLINE SHARING: Use your blog, wiki, Facebook page, MySpace page, Twitter stream, Del-icio-us / StumbleUpon account, or any other social media tool to get opinions on Armani. Share your findings with the class.