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Subway is the world’s most successful sandwich restaurant franchise. It was started in 1965 by Fred DeLuca who wanted to make extra cash selling sandwiches to finance his dream of becoming a doctor. They started franchising the Subway name and the company achieved quite remarkable growth. Today, it has almost 35,000 restaurants in 92 countries. It is the world’s second-largest restaurant chain. The principles of DeLuca in 1965 are the same today and a reason for its continued success. DeLuca believed in the “importance of serving a well-made, high quality product, providing excellent customer service, keeping operating costs low and finding great locations”. Several design and operating features are common to most stores – one is a map of the New York Subway, and another is employees called “Subway Sandwich Artists”.
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WORKSHEET ACTIVITIES
WARM-UPS
1. BRAINSTORM: Write all the words you can think of about Subway on the board or on a piece of paper. Talk about these words with your partner(s).
2. SUBWAY MORNING: Each student pretends to be an employee of Subway. They walk around the class and talk about the company and their job.
3. RUMOURS:Each student writes down a pretend rumour about Subway. They then walk around the class and talk to other students about their rumour.
4. GOOD AND BAD:Brainstorm good and bad things about Subway and write them on the board. Students talk about these in pairs.
5. TRUE OR FALSE:Students find out several facts about Subway. 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 Subway. 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
Subway is the _______________________ sandwich restaurant franchise. It was started in 1965 by Fred DeLuca who _______________________ cash selling sandwiches to finance _______________________ a doctor. They started franchising the Subway name and the company achieved _______________________. Today, it has almost 35,000 restaurants in 92 countries. It is the world’s second-largest restaurant chain. The principles of DeLuca in 1965 are the same today and a reason _______________________. DeLuca believed in the “importance of serving a well-made, high quality product, _______________________ service, keeping operating costs low and _______________________”. Several design and operating features are _______________________ – one is a map of the New York Subway, and another is employees called “Subway Sandwich Artists”.
CORRECT THE SPELLING
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UNJUMBLE THE WORDS
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subway is the world’s most successful sandwich restaurant franchise it was started in 1965 by fred deluca who wanted to make extra cash selling sandwiches to finance his dream of becoming a doctor they started franchising the subway name and the company achieved quite remarkable growth today it has almost 35000 restaurants in 92 countries it is the world’s second-largest restaurant chain the principles of deluca in 1965 are the same today and a reason for its continued success deluca believed in the “importance of serving a well-made high quality product providing excellent customer service keeping operating costs low and finding great locations” several design and operating features are common to most stores – one is a map of the new york subway and another is employees called “subway sandwich artists”
CHOOSE THE CORRECT TENSE
Subway .......... (be) the world’s most successful sandwich restaurant franchise. It was .......... (start) in 1965 by Fred DeLuca who .......... (want) to make extra cash selling sandwiches to .......... (finance) his dream of becoming a doctor. They .......... (start) franchising the Subway name and the company .......... (achieve) quite remarkable growth. Today, it .......... (have) almost 35,000 restaurants in 92 countries. It .......... (be) the world’s second-largest restaurant chain. The principles of DeLuca in 1965 .......... (be) the same today and a reason for its continued success. DeLuca .......... (believe) in the “importance of serving a well-made, high quality product, .......... (provide) excellent customer service, .......... (keep) operating costs low and .......... (find) great locations”. Several design and operating features .......... (be) common to most stores – one .......... (be) a map of the New York Subway, and another .......... (be) employees called “Subway Sandwich Artists”.
Subway is the world’s most successful sandwich restaurant ____________. It was started in 1965 by Fred DeLuca who wanted to make extra cash selling sandwiches to ____________ his dream of becoming a doctor. They started franchising the Subway name and the company ____________ quite remarkable growth. Today, it has almost 35,000 restaurants in 92 countries. It is the world’s second-largest restaurant ____________. The principles of DeLuca in 1965 are the same today and a reason for its ____________ success. DeLuca believed in the “importance of ____________ a well-made, high quality product, providing excellent customer service, keeping ____________ costs low and finding great locations”. Several ____________ and operating features are ____________ to most stores – one is a map of the New York Subway, and another is ____________ called “Subway Sandwich Artists”.
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PROJECT SUBWAY
Part 1. Your mission is to increase the profits and sales of Subway. Complete this table with your project partner(s):
Main products
How to improve them
A brand new ‘killer’ product
How Subway is better than the competition
How to beat the competition
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.
SUBWAY – ROLE PLAY 1
Role A – Subway CEO
You believe your company is the best in the world. It pays its workers very well and working conditions are great. Your company is very green – it cares about the environment. You think your levels of customer service are great. Disagree with person B, C and D.
Role B – Subway worker
You think it’s a bad company to work for. You’re very unhappy with pay, raises and bonuses. You are very unhappy with the working environment. You don’t like the company’s policy on the environment. You keep hearing profits are more important than customers. Disagree with A and C. Tell D the truth.
Role C – Subway customer
You are a customer of Subway. You used to think it was great, but not now. Its workers are always very rude. No one ever answers the phone. You are shocked about its policy on the environment. You think all staff should get less pay. You disagree with person A and B. Tell D the truth.
Role D – A journalist
You keep hearing bad things about Subway. You want to tell the world in your newspaper. You heard the CEO gets a huge bonus every year. You found a company memo saying profits are more important than the environment. You want to know why so many staff are ill. Find the truth.
SUBWAY – ROLE PLAY 2
Role A – Subway New Products Director
You have created a new product for Subway. You believe the new product will be the company’s best ever. It will be a bestseller. There are people who do not agree with you. You need B, C and D on your side. Tell them why this is a product that will bring great things to Subway.
Role B – Subway Marketing Director
You think the company’s new product is a really bad idea. It will give your company a really bad name. You think the New Products Director is trying to destroy the company. Try to get him/her to understand there’s no way the new product will sell. Try to get person C and D on your side.
Role C – Subway Market Researcher
You have interviewed thousands of people about the new product. They don’t like it or hate it. You think it will be successful if they make many changes. Tell the New Products Director he/she needs to change the product. You neither like nor trust person B. Disagree will him/her.
Role D – Subway Shareholder
You know a lot about Subway’s new product. You are worried it will not sell and share prices will go down. You think A is crazy and must find a new job. You agree with everything B says. You don’t agree with C. The new product should not go on the market.
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 Subway. Talk about what you discover with your partner(s) in the next lesson.
3. MAGAZINE ARTICLE:Write a magazine article about Subway. 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. SUBWAY POSTERMake a poster about Subway. 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 SUBWAY LESSON:Make your own English lesson on Subway. 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 Subway. Share your findings with the class.
ANSWERS
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