Today is the second class in our current four-class set. We will begin class with unit 68 in our grammar book. 

The phrase of the week is "drop-dead deadline." This is a deadline you have to meet or else there are consequences. For example, "We did not meet the drop-dead deadline and we had the give the client a 20% discount as agreed upon in the contract for the project."

Today's reading is about project management and our listening material will include a Japanese accent.  The vocabulary words will come from the reading. Please be able to describe them. 

Vocabulary

• fundamentals- (noun) a central or primary rule or principle on which something is based.
• cohesion- (noun) the action or fact of forming a united whole.
• deliverable- (noun) a thing able to be provided, especially as a product of a development process.
• consensus- (noun) general agreement. 

Click HERE for the reading material