Summary
This ESL lesson for C1 English students explores Business, startups, success. Using a real audio as the basis for discussion, students develop listening comprehension, vocabulary, and grammar skills across a 90-minute class.
The grammar focus is Narrative tenses (Past Simple, Past Continuous, Past Perfect, Past Perfect Continuous). Key vocabulary includes launched (verb), challenges (noun), market positions (noun phrase) and more, all drawn directly from the source material. The practical English section gives students useful phrases for real-life situations: You are discussing a project's progress or a company's journey, highlighting difficulties and successes..
Activities
- A warm-up discussion to activate prior knowledge and get students thinking about the topic before listening.
- Comprehension exercises based on the audio to check understanding of the main ideas and key details.
- A grammar focus on Narrative tenses (Past Simple, Past Continuous, Past Perfect, Past Perfect Continuous). Narrative tenses are crucial for telling stories, especially in a business context, as they help sequence events clearly and provide background information. The Past Simple describes main events in chronological order.
- Vocabulary expansion with advanced expressions related to Business, startups, success not found in the source material.
- Practical English phrases for You are discussing a project's progress or a company's journey, highlighting difficulties and successes., with exercises to practise using them naturally.
- A speaking task where students role-play a real-world scenario, applying vocabulary and phrases from the lesson.
Vocabulary focus
The vocabulary section introduces C1-level words and phrases related to Business, startups, success. Key terms include launched (verb), challenges (noun), market positions (noun phrase), funding (noun), innovating (verb). Students practise using these terms in context through exercises drawn from the source material.
Grammar focus
This lesson focuses on Narrative tenses (Past Simple, Past Continuous, Past Perfect, Past Perfect Continuous). Narrative tenses are crucial for telling stories, especially in a business context, as they help sequence events clearly and provide background information. The Past Simple describes main events in chronological order.
