Explaining a proposal
Pre-listening
What problems can therebe with websites? What makes a website bad? Make notes. For example:
The links don’t work. It’s hard to navigate. The information is out-of-date.
2 Listening I
You’re going to listen to someone putting forward a proposal for changing a website. Listen once. Did the speaker mention any of the things you thought of for the Prelistening activity?
3 Listening II
Listen again. Then, answer the questions.
1. Why have they lost a number of sales?
2. What does the speaker say a web manager could do to help the situation?
3. What’s the problem with doing this work in-house?
4. What does the speaker propose to resolve this issue?