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

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Nissan is one of the world’s largest car manufacturers. It started as the Kwaishinsha Motorcar Co. in 1918 and then the DAT Motorcar Co. The company became Nissan in the 1930s. It became a major supplier of equipment to Japan’s military before WWII. Nissan expanded overseas in the 1950s. Its compact Datsun car was a huge international success and established Japanese cars outside of Japan. By 1970, they were one of the largest car exporters in the world. Its globalization continued with making cars overseas and forming partnerships with companies such as Renault. Carlos Ghosn became president of Nissan in 2000 when the company was in big financial difficulties. He masterminded a spectacular corporate turnaround to re-establish Nissan as a leading and profitable manufacturer.

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

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

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

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

5. TRUE OR FALSE: Students find out several facts about Nissan. 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 Nissan. 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

nissan is one of the world’s largest car manufacturers it started as the kwaishinsha motorcar co in 1918 and then the dat motorcar co the company became nissan in the 1930s it became a major supplier of equipment to japan’s military before wwii nissan expanded overseas in the 1950s its compact datsun car was a huge international success and established japanese cars outside of japan by 1970 they were one of the largest car exporters in the world its globalization continued with making cars overseas and forming partnerships with companies such as renault carlos ghosn became president of nissan in 2000 when the company was in big financial difficulties he masterminded a spectacular corporate turnaround to re-establish nissan as a leading and profitable manufacturer

  CHOOSE THE CORRECT TENSE

Nissan .......... (be) one of the world’s largest car manufacturers. It .......... (start) as the Kwaishinsha Motorcar Co. in 1918 and then the DAT Motorcar Co. The company .......... (become) Nissan in the 1930s. It .......... (become) a major supplier of equipment to Japan’s military before WWII. Nissan .......... (expand) overseas in the 1950s. Its compact Datsun car .......... (be) a huge international success and .......... (establish) Japanese cars outside of Japan. By 1970, they .......... (be) one of the largest car exporters in the world. Its globalization .......... (continue) with making cars overseas and forming partnerships with companies such as Renault. Carlos Ghosn .......... (become) president of Nissan in 2000 when the company .......... (be) in big financial difficulties. He .......... (mastermind) a spectacular corporate turnaround to re-establish Nissan as a leading and profitable manufacturer.

  REWRITE WITH SPACES

Nissanisoneoftheworld’slargestcarmanufacturers.ItstartedastheKwaishinshaMotorcarCo.
in1918andthentheDATMotorcarCo.ThecompanybecameNissaninthe1930s.Itbecamea
majorsupplierofequipmenttoJapan’smilitarybeforeWWII.Nissanexpandedoverseasinthe
1950s.ItscompactDatsuncarwasahugeinternationalsuccessandestablishedJapanesecars
outsideofJapan.By1970,theywereoneofthelargestcarexportersintheworld.Itsglobalization
continuedwithmakingcarsoverseasandformingpartnershipswithcompaniessuchasRenault.
CarlosGhosnbecamepresidentofNissanin2000whenthecompanywasinbigfinancialdifficulties.
Hemastermindedaspectacularcorporateturnaroundtore-establishNissanasaleadingandprofitablemanufacturer.

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  CHOOSE THE CORRECT WORD

  PROJECT NISSAN

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

  NISSAN – ROLE PLAY 1

  NISSAN – ROLE PLAY 2

  JOB INTERVIEW ROLE PLAY

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  DISCUSSION (Write your own questions)

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  NISSAN SURVEY

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

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