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

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Burberry is a classic, traditional fashion house founded by Thomas Burberry near London in 1856. The 21-year-old textiles trainee decided to start making and selling his own outdoor clothes. He invented the world-famous water-resistant fabric gabardine in 1888 and opened his first store in London’s fashionable Haymarket in 1891. Burberry created clothing for early explorers to the South Pole and Mount Everest. Gabardine and the traditional Burberry tartan check pattern are now company trademarks. They form part of a multi-billion-dollar company. It has branched out into perfumes, watches, sunglasses and accessories. It had some image problems in the 1980s and 1990s when it became popular with British football hooligans. However, rebranding in top fashion magazines has returned its luxury appeal.

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

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

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

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

5. TRUE OR FALSE: Students find out several facts about Burberry. 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 Burberry. 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 & ADD CAPITALS TO THE TEXT

burberry is a classic traditional fashion house founded by thomas burberry near london in 1856 the 21-year-old textiles trainee decided to start making and selling his own outdoor clothes he invented the world-famous water-resistant fabric gabardine in 1888 and opened his first store in london’s fashionable haymarket in 1891 burberry created clothing for early explorers to the south pole and mount everest gabardine and the traditional burberry tartan check pattern are now company trademarks they form part of a multi-billion-dollar company it has branched out into perfumes watches sunglasses and accessories it had some image problems in the 1980s and 1990s when it became popular with british football hooligans however rebranding in top fashion magazines has returned its luxury appeal

  CHOOSE THE CORRECT TENSE

Burberry .......... (be) a classic, traditional fashion house .......... (found) by Thomas Burberry near London in 1856. The 21-year-old textiles trainee .......... (decide) to .......... (start) making and selling his own outdoor clothes. He .......... (invent) the world-famous water-resistant fabric gabardine in 1888 and .......... (open) his first store in London’s fashionable Haymarket in 1891. Burberry .......... (create) clothing for early explorers to the South Pole and Mount Everest. Gabardine and the traditional Burberry tartan check pattern .......... (be) now company trademarks. They .......... (form) part of a multi-billion-dollar company. It has .......... (branch) out into perfumes, watches, sunglasses and accessories. It .......... (have) some image problems in the 1980s and 1990s when it .......... (become) popular with British football hooligans. However, .......... (rebrand) in top fashion magazines has .......... (return) its luxury appeal.

  REWRITE WITH SPACES

Burberryisaclassic,traditionalfashionhousefoundedbyThomasBurberrynearLondonin1856.The21-
year-oldtextilestraineedecidedtostartmakingandsellinghisownoutdoorclothes.Heinventedtheworld-famouswater-resistantfabricgabardinein1888andopenedhisfirststoreinLondon’sfashionableHaymarketin1891.
BurberrycreatedclothingforearlyexplorerstotheSouthPoleandMountEverest.Gabardineandthe
traditionalBurberrytartancheckpatternarenowcompanytrademarks.Theyformpartofamulti-billion-dollarcompany.Ithasbranchedoutintoperfumes,watches,sunglassesandaccessories.Ithad
someimageproblemsinthe1980sand1990swhenitbecamepopularwithBritishfootball
hooligans.However,rebrandingintopfashionmagazineshasreturneditsluxuryappeal.

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  CHOOSE THE CORRECT WORD

  PROJECT BURBERRY

Part 1. Your mission is to increase the profits and sales of Burberry. 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.

  BURBERRY – ROLE PLAY 1

  BURBERRY – ROLE PLAY 2

  JOB INTERVIEW ROLE PLAY

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  DISCUSSION (Write your own questions)

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  BURBERRY SURVEY

Write five GOOD questions about Burberry 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 Burberry 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 Burberry. 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 Burberry. Talk about what you discover with your partner(s) in the next lesson.

3. MAGAZINE ARTICLE: Write a magazine article about Burberry. 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. BURBERRY POSTER Make a poster about Burberry. 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 BURBERRY LESSON: Make your own English lesson on Burberry. 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 Germany. Share your findings with the class.