Decision Maker

For me, this is the ultimate in Business English photocopiable resources. I find many of my Business students will not take part in games of any kind, and many of the other pairwork information gap activities that such photocopiable books provide are uninspiring and unrealistic in the language they produce. A much better option for providing a change for business classes is a roleplay meeting such as the ones given here. The difficulty of setting up such a meeting yourself is making sure that there is enough information and language to prompt discussion, and that there are the right balance of opinions to extend this discussion for the right amount of time (i.e. not indefinitely!). This book does all that well, with lots of pre-roleplay reading texts and discussion questions, and very unambiguous roleplay cards. The main downer is that you need at least 6 students in a class to do the majority of these activities, and the fact that the industries chosen are unlikely to be the ones your students are working in.