1. Title: “Are you the right person to start and own your business?”
2. Topic: “Business”
3. Objectives: reading, speaking, discussing
4. Language: to be cut out
to succeed in
ultimate
to prosper
to blame
external factors
failure
impact
current
to associate
range
5. Visuals: a cassette recorder
I Beginning
- Warming-up activity.
- Introduction.
- Explain what the word “business” means.
- Define the greatest determinant of business career.
- Suggest the range of skills for prospering.
- Illustrate, if possible, the difference between people engaged in acting and talking.
- Make a list of numerous spheres of activities in economics.
Discuss some English proverbs: “Business before pleasure”, “Money saved – money gained”.
Teacher: Today we start reading the text “Business”. After you have read and studied this text you should be able to:
II Follow-up
Activity 1: Speaking practice
Task 1: Study the key words. Read the text again and answer the questions:
1. Are all people cut out to own a business?
2. What questions do you have to answer before your own business?
3. Are you the right person to take ultimate steps?
4. What chances of success do you have if you are used to blaming external factors for your failure?
5. Business is a stressful experience, isn’t it?
Task 2: Paraphrase the following sentences using the words from the text:
- Not everyone is suited to own and manage a business.
- Why do some people never take the decisive step?
- You need to be able to face a failure and use the results of the lessons.
- Don’t think that your decisions have no influence on the current events.
- If you find it difficult to treat people friendly you will not have any chance of prospering.
Task 3: Complete the row of possible combinations. Pay attention to whether or not there is a
preposition after a verb.
to establish
to run
to own
to manage a business
to start
to succeed in
to be fit for
Task 4: Think of synonymies to:
ultimate
impact
ingredient
to possess
to be suited
to succeed
to deal with
Activity II: Communication
Task 5: Try a dialogue. Consider the following situation:
You’ve made up your mind to be in business. Your mother is strongly against. She
wants you to be a doctor. Both try persuasion.
Some words and word combinations will help you.Son/daughter: to be interested in economics
to make a rewarding career
to know people well
to use the knowledge of communication
to get a high salary
to achieve a high standard of livingMother: to have a dream to become a doctor
to serve people
a noble profession
to be highly appreciated by everybody
to devote ones life to patients
At home: Read the text “Business” again. Find the sentences which illustrate the most important ingredients of the person’s career.
III Rounding - off
1. Summary of the lesson:
Teacher: Today we have read and studied the text “Business”. You have learned that the word “business” means “being busy”. Before running your own business everyone has to answer the question if he or she is the right sort of person to succeed in his or her business.
At the next lesson we shall read and study the text “Career and Course Resources”.
The List of Used Literature
Е.И. Пассов Основы методики обучения
иностранным языкам. – М., 1977 г.