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Volkswagen, also known as VW, is one of the world's largest automobile manufacturers. It has plans to become the biggest producer by 2018. The company is based in Wolfsburg, Germany. It was founded in 1937 by the National Socialist trade union German Labour Front. The name Volkswagen means “people’s car” in German. The company’s first success was the VW Type 82E – the Beetle, which is the best-selling car of all time. The company is part-owned by Porsche, the German state of Lower Saxony and the oil-rich Gulf state of Qatar. Volkswagen has built a reputation for quality and reliable cars. Models such as the Golf, Polo and New Beetle are bestsellers worldwide. The company is investing heavily in hybrid technology and is a leader in greener, electric vehicles.

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

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

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

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

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

volkswagen also known as vw is one of the world's largest automobile manufacturers it has plans to become the biggest producer by 2018 the company is based in wolfsburg germany it was founded in 1937 by the national socialist trade union german labour front the name volkswagen means “people’s car” in german the company’s first success was the vw type 82e – the beetle which is the best-selling car of all time the company is part-owned by porsche the german state of lower saxony and the oil-rich gulf state of qatar volkswagen has built a reputation for quality and reliable cars models such as the golf polo and new beetle are bestsellers worldwide the company is investing heavily in hybrid technology and is a leader in greener electric vehicles

  CHOOSE THE CORRECT TENSE

Volkswagen, also .......... (know) as VW, .......... (be) one of the world's largest automobile manufacturers. It .......... (have) plans to .......... (become) the biggest producer by 2018. The company is .......... (base) in Wolfsburg, Germany. It was .......... (found) in 1937 by the National Socialist trade union German Labour Front. The name Volkswagen .......... (mean) “people’s car” in German. The company’s first success .......... (be) the VW Type 82E – the Beetle, which .......... (be) the best-selling car of all time. The company is part-.......... (own) by Porsche, the German state of Lower Saxony and the oil-rich Gulf state of Qatar. Volkswagen has .......... (build) a reputation for quality and reliable cars. Models such as the Golf, Polo and New Beetle .......... (be) bestsellers worldwide. The company is .......... (invest) heavily in hybrid technology and .......... (be) a leader in greener, electric vehicles.

  REWRITE WITH SPACES

Volkswagen,alsoknownasVW,isoneoftheworld'slargestautomobilemanufacturers.
Ithasplanstobecomethebiggestproducerby2018.ThecompanyisbasedinWolfsburg,
Germany.Itwasfoundedin1937bytheNationalSocialisttradeunionGermanLabour
Front.ThenameVolkswagenmeans“people’scar”inGerman.Thecompany’sfirstsuccess
wastheVWType82E–theBeetle,whichisthebest-sellingcarofalltime.Thecompanyispart-
ownedbyPorsche,theGermanstateofLowerSaxonyandtheoil-richGulfstateofQatar.
Volkswagenhasbuiltareputationforqualityandreliablecars.ModelssuchastheGolf,
PoloandNewBeetlearebestsellersworldwide.Thecompanyisinvestingheavilyinhybrid
technologyandisaleaderingreener,electricvehicles.

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  CHOOSE THE CORRECT WORD

  PROJECT VOLKSWAGEN

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

  VOLKSWAGEN – ROLE PLAY 1

  VOLKSWAGEN – ROLE PLAY 2

  JOB INTERVIEW ROLE PLAY

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  DISCUSSION (Write your own questions)

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  VOLKSWAGEN SURVEY

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

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