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The Ford Motor Company is one of the world’s largest automakers. It was founded by Henry Ford in 1903. He made the company famous for mass-producing cheap family cars on moving assembly lines. The Model T Ford is an important part of automobile history. His production methods were copied by companies all over the world. The company has stayed in family hands since the beginning, making it one of the largest family-controlled businesses in the world today. Ford has an annual revenue of over $100 billion and employs around 250,000 people worldwide. The company also owns Sweden’s Volvo and has shares in Japan’s Mazda and the UK’s Aston Martin. The faltering global economy means most of Ford’s profits now come from financing car loans through the Ford Motor Credit Company.

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

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

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

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

5. TRUE OR FALSE: Students find out several facts about Ford. 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 Ford. 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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  PUNCTUATE THE TEXT AND ADD CAPITALS

the ford motor company is one of the world’s largest automakers it was founded by henry ford in 1903 he made the company famous for mass-producing cheap family cars on moving assembly lines the model t ford is an important part of automobile history his production methods were copied by companies all over the world the company has stayed in family hands since the beginning making it one of the largest family-controlled businesses in the world today ford has an annual revenue of over $100 billion and employs around 250000 people worldwide the company also owns sweden’s volvo and has shares in japan’s mazda and the uk’s aston martin the faltering global economy means most of ford’s profits now come from financing car loans through the ford motor credit company

  CHOOSE THE CORRECT TENSE

The Ford Motor Company .......... (be) one of the world’s largest automakers. It was .......... (found) by Henry Ford in 1903. He .......... (make) the company famous for mass-producing cheap family cars on moving assembly lines. The Model T Ford .......... (be) an important part of automobile history. His production methods were .......... (copy) by companies all over the world. The company has .......... (stay) in family hands since the beginning, making it one of the largest family-controlled businesses in the world today. Ford .......... (have) an annual revenue of over $100 billion and .......... (employ) around 250,000 people worldwide. The company also .......... (own) Sweden’s Volvo and has shares in Japan’s Mazda and the UK’s Aston Martin. The faltering global economy .......... (mean) most of Ford’s profits now come from financing car loans through the Ford Motor Credit Company.

  REWRITE WITH SPACES

TheFordMotorCompanyisoneoftheworld’slargestautomakers.ItwasfoundedbyHenryFord
in1903.Hemadethecompanyfamousformass-producingcheapfamilycarsonmovingassemblylines.TheModelTFordisanimportantpartof
automobilehistory.Hisproductionmethodswerecopiedbycompaniesallovertheworld.The
companyhasstayedinfamilyhandssincethebeginning,makingitoneofthelargestfamily-controlledbusinessesintheworldtoday.Fordhasanannualrevenueofover$100billionand
employsaround250,000peopleworldwide.ThecompanyalsoownsSweden’sVolvoand
hassharesinJapan’sMazdaandtheUK’sAstonMartin.Thefalteringglobaleconomymeans
mostofFord’sprofitsnowcomefromfinancingcarloansthroughtheFordMotorCreditCompany.

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  CHOOSE THE CORRECT WORD

  PROJECT FORD

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

  FORD – ROLE PLAY 1

  FORD – ROLE PLAY 2

  JOB INTERVIEW ROLE PLAY

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  DISCUSSION (Write your own questions)

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  FORD SURVEY

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

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