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The Samsung Group is a huge Korean corporation. It is the world’s largest conglomerate, with annual revenues close to $200 billion. Around 20 percent of all Korean exports are from Samsung. It was started by Lee Byung-chull in 1938 who started trading in dried fish and noodles. It grew spectacularly and diversified into heavy industry, skyscraper construction, shipbuilding, insurance and high-tech electronics. Samsung Electronics is the world’s largest electronics company. Its website says: “Through innovative, reliable products and services; talented people, a responsible approach to business and global citizenship; and collaboration with our partners and customers, Samsung is taking the world in imaginative new directions.” If it were a country, Samsung would be the world’s 35th largest economy.

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

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

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

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

5. TRUE OR FALSE: Students find out several facts about Samsung. 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 Samsung. 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 samsung group is a huge korean corporation it is the world’s largest conglomerate with annual revenues close to $200 billion around 20 percent of all korean exports are from samsung it was started by lee byung-chull in 1938 who started trading in dried fish and noodles it grew spectacularly and diversified into heavy industry skyscraper construction shipbuilding insurance and high-tech electronics samsung electronics is the world’s largest electronics company its website says “through innovative reliable products and services talented people a responsible approach to business and global citizenship and collaboration with our partners and customers samsung is taking the world in imaginative new directions” if it were a country samsung would be the world’s 35th largest economy

  CHOOSE THE CORRECT TENSE

The Samsung Group .......... (be) a huge Korean corporation. It .......... (be) the world’s largest conglomerate, with annual revenues .......... (close) to $200 billion. Around 20 percent of all Korean exports .......... (be) from Samsung. It was .......... (start) by Lee Byung-chull in 1938 who .......... (start) trading in dried fish and noodles. It .......... (grow) spectacularly and diversified into heavy industry, skyscraper construction, shipbuilding, insurance and high-tech electronics. Samsung Electronics .......... (be) the world’s largest electronics company. Its website .......... (say): “Through innovative, reliable products and services; talented people, a responsible approach to business and global citizenship; and collaboration with our partners and customers, Samsung is .......... (take) the world in imaginative new directions.” If it .......... (be) a country, Samsung .......... (will) be the world’s 35th largest economy.

  REWRITE WITH SPACES

TheSamsungGroupisahugeKoreancorporation.Itistheworld’slargestconglomerate,with
annualrevenuescloseto$200billion.Around20percentofallKoreanexportsarefrom
Samsung.ItwasstartedbyLeeByung-chullin1938whostartedtradingindriedfishandnoodles.Itgrewspectacularlyanddiversified
intoheavyindustry,skyscraperconstruction,shipbuilding,insuranceandhigh-techelectronics.SamsungElectronicsistheworld’slargestelectronicscompany.Itswebsite
says:“Throughinnovative,reliableproductsandservices;talentedpeople,aresponsible
approachtobusinessandglobalcitizenship;andcollaborationwithourpartnersand
customers,Samsungistakingtheworldinimaginativenewdirections.”Ifitwereacountry,
Samsungwouldbetheworld’s35thlargesteconomy.

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  CHOOSE THE CORRECT WORD

  PROJECT SAMSUNG

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

  SAMSUNG – ROLE PLAY 1

  SAMSUNG – ROLE PLAY 2

  JOB INTERVIEW ROLE PLAY

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  DISCUSSION (Write your own questions)

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  SAMSUNG SURVEY

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

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