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Siemens is the largest engineering conglomerate in Europe. It is headquartered in Munich, Germany. It has three main areas of business. Its industry sector helps industry and infrastructure customers to increase their economic and environmental competitiveness; its energy sector offers products and solutions for the generation, transmission and distribution of electrical energy; and its healthcare sector offers products and solutions from prevention and early detection to diagnosis to treatment and aftercare. Siemens was founded by Werner von Siemens in 1847. His company revolutionized the sending of telegraphs and was responsible for the world’s first electric street lighting. Today, the company employs nearly half-a-million people in over 190 countries. It brings in operating revenues of $100 billion.

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

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

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

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

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

siemens is the largest engineering conglomerate in europe it is headquartered in Munich germany it has three main areas of business its industry sector helps industry and infrastructure customers to increase their economic and environmental competitiveness its energy sector offers products and solutions for the generation transmission and distribution of electrical energy and its healthcare sector offers products and solutions from prevention and early detection to diagnosis to treatment and aftercare siemens was founded by werner von siemens in 1847 his company revolutionized the sending of telegraphs and was responsible for the world’s first electric street lighting today the company employs nearly half-a-million people in over 190 countries it brings in operating revenues of $100 billion

  CHOOSE THE CORRECT TENSE

Siemens .......... (be) the largest engineering conglomerate in Europe. It is .......... (headquarter) in Munich, Germany. It .......... (have) three main areas of business. Its industry sector .......... (help) industry and infrastructure customers to .......... (increase) their economic and environmental competitiveness; its energy sector .......... (offer) products and solutions for the generation, transmission and distribution of electrical energy; and its healthcare sector .......... (offer) products and solutions from prevention and early detection to diagnosis to treatment and aftercare. Siemens was .......... (found) by Werner von Siemens in 1847. His company .......... (revolutionize) the sending of telegraphs and .......... (be) responsible for the world’s first electric street lighting. Today, the company .......... (employ) nearly half-a-million people in over 190 countries. It .......... (bring) in operating revenues of $100 billion.

  REWRITE WITH SPACES

SiemensisthelargestengineeringconglomerateinEurope.ItisheadquarteredinBerlin,
Germany.Ithasthreemainareasofbusiness.Itsindustrysectorhelpsindustryand
infrastructurecustomerstoincreasetheireconomicandenvironmentalcompetitiveness;
itsenergysectoroffersproductsandsolutionsforthegeneration,transmissionanddistribution
ofelectricalenergy;anditshealthcaresectoroffersproductsandsolutionsfromprevention
andearlydetectiontodiagnosistotreatmentandaftercare.SiemenswasfoundedbyWerner
vonSiemensin1847.Hiscompanyrevolutionizedthesendingoftelegraphsandwasresponsible
fortheworld’sfirstelectricstreetlighting.Today,thecompanyemploysnearlyhalf-a-millionpeopleinover190countries.Itbringsinoperatingrevenuesof$100billion.

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  PROJECT SIEMENS

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

  SIEMENS – ROLE PLAY 1

  SIEMENS – ROLE PLAY 2

  JOB INTERVIEW ROLE PLAY

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  DISCUSSION (Write your own questions)

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  SIEMENS SURVEY

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

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