Ae bc ppt05

Recap

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Recap

In the previous lesson you learnt to:

• Define corporate culture in detail

• Describe the work culture of your workplace

• Identify and use defining relative clauses

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Success


At the end of this lesson you will be able to:

• Talk about personal qualities

• Identify collocations in a text

• Pitch an idea for a start up


Learning Objectives


Speaking Skills


Class Discussion

Think of a successful person.

• What makes people successful?

• Why do you think they are successful?

• How do we measure success?


Speaking Skills


Class Discussion

How do we measure success? Add three more to the following and then choose the five you agree with most.

Being on TV Doing your job well

Owning a mansion Being respected by others

Being renowned in your own field Personal feelings of satisfaction

Being in blockbusters Exotic holidays

Travelling first class Designer clothes

Fast cars Being written about in the media

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Exercise

With your partner think of one word (NOT success!) that links all the following people:

Richard Branson Narayana Murthy

Mark Zuckerberg Steve Jobs

Larry Page and Sergey Brin Jeff Bezos

Bill Gates Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw

Word: _____________________


Answers





Word: _____________________


Exercise

entrepreneur



Exercise

Richard Branson _____________ Narayana Murthy _____________

Mark Zuckerberg _____________ Steve Jobs _____________

Larry Page and Sergey Brin _____________ Jeff Bezos _____________

Bill Gates _____________ Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw _____________

Do you know which companies these people are connected with?



Exercise

Answers

Richard Branson _____________ Narayana Murthy _____________

Mark Zuckerberg _____________ Steve Jobs _____________

Larry Page and Sergey Brin _____________ Jeff Bezos _____________

Bill Gates _____________ Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw _____________

Do you know which companies these people are connected with?

Virgin

Facebook

Google

Microsoft

Infosys

Apple

Amazon

Biocon



Exercise





• With your partner discuss which person is the odd one out? Why?

• Now compare your ideas with others in the class.

• Do you all agree? For Aptech Centre Use Only


Word Formations

What qualities do all these kind of people possess?

List as many nouns as you can think of. Two have been given as examples.

Example: Decisiveness

Inspiration

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Word Formations

Answers

Example: Decisiveness

Inspiration

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Drive, Intuition, Determination, Initiative, The killer instinct, Dedication, Motivation,

Energy, Decisiveness, Self belief, Courage, Hard worker, Commitment, Faith, Guts,

Dynamism, Ambition, Creativeness, Passion



Language Focus

Complete the following sentences about entrepreneurs using the adjectives of some of the nouns from 5.1.2.

To be an entrepreneur you need to be (a) _____________ (courage) and (b)

_____________ (commitment). But primarily you need to be (c) ______________

(passion) about something; if you love what you are doing then you can make it

work. Of course you need to be (d) _______________ (hard worker), but if you take

the initiative, use your intuition and have faith in your (e) _____________

(creativeness), you can achieve your dreams. Be (f) _____________ (ambition), go

and get what you believe can be yours, be (g) ____________ (dedication) and you

too could be famous for the next new thing.For Aptech Centre Use Only


Language Focus

Answers

To be an entrepreneur you need to be (a) _____________ (courage) and (b)

_____________ (commitment). But primarily you need to be (c) _____________

(passion) about something; if you love what you are doing then you can make it

work. Of course you need to be (d) _____________ (hard worker), but if you take

the initiative, use your intuition and have faith in your (e) _____________

(creativeness), you can achieve your dreams. Be (f) _____________ (ambition), go

and get what you believe can be yours, be (g) _____________ (dedication) and you

too could be famous for the next new thing.

courageous

committed passionate

hard working

creativity

ambitious

dedicated


Reading Skills


Reading

Before reading about entrepreneurs answer the following with your

partner:

• How old do you think the average entrepreneur is? ________________

• Do you think they are married or single? ________________

• Do you think they are well educated or left school early? ________________

• Do you think a recession encourages entrepreneurship? ________________

• What do you think is the main motivation for an entrepreneur? ________________


Reading Skills


What Makes Great Entrepreneurs?

Reading the article on entrepreneurs.

Now look back at 5.2 and see if your ideas agree with the text.

Are there any you want to now change?


Reading Skills


Exercise

Find evidence in the text to support or refute the following statements:

1. Entrepreneurs have a common personality trait.

2. The majority of entrepreneurs are educated with Masters Degrees or

higher.

3. Entrepreneurs are motivated by money.

4. Entrepreneurs don’t like working for others.

5. Families often have many members who start their own business.

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Speaking Skills


Discussion

• What information surprises you the most and alters your mental model of

what entrepreneurs are like?

• These days many companies try to encourage an entrepreneurial spirit

within their organisations. They talk about an entrepreneur, or

enterprising manager.

• Do you think we can have entrepreneurism when working in an

organisation? Can a manager be an entrepreneur?


See the collocations for the following words. Then re-examine the text to find the collocations used there.

For example:


Grammar - Collocations

company

perform business

degreerich/poor

Verbs:Launch a …. Found a …Work at a …

Nouns:…founders…employees…director….culture



Exercise

Put the following advice on how to be an entrepreneur into the right order.

If you want to make it to the top ………..

• age is 40. But what do you really need to launch

• a project on your own. Well and guts, faith and a really good

• then you will have to be a risk

• idea. Good luck

• a degree will help, as will living a little the average

• founders will say they are calculated risks. So what is needed to be a successful

• entrepreneur? Well, education is important so earning

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Exercise

Answers

If you want to make it to the top then you will have to be a risk taker. Although

when asked, most company founders will say they are calculated risks. So what is

needed to be a successful entrepreneur? Well, education is important so earning a

degree will help, as will living a little the average age is 40. But what do you really

need to launch a project on your own. Well and guts, faith and a really good idea.



Grooming Tomorrow’s Entrepreneurs

Read the article on ‘Tomorrow’s Entrepreneurs’.



Exercise

Find words in the text that mean the following:

1. A word that has become very popular, especially a word relating to a particular activity or subject ________________

2. To choose ________________

3. The use of an experienced person to teach a less experienced person about their job or a particular subject ________________

4. To manage (cope with) ________________

5. Strongly influencing the development of someone's character and beliefs ________________

6. To make certain that something happens or is done ________________

7. To describe someone or something using words or pictures ________________

8. A way of thinking about things ________________For Aptech Centre Use Only


Exercise

Find words in the text that mean the following:

1. A word that has become very popular, especially a word relating to a particular activity or subject ________________

2. To choose ________________

3. The use of an experienced person to teach a less experienced person about their job or a particular subject ________________

4. To manage (cope with) ________________

5. Strongly influencing the development of someone's character and beliefs ________________

6. To make certain that something happens or is done ________________

7. To describe someone or something using words or pictures ________________

8. A way of thinking about things ________________

a buzzword

to opt for

mentoring

to handle

formative

to ensure

to depict

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Prepare a Pitch Class Activity

• Prepare a pitch with ‘your’ idea for a start up to Tata First Dot.

• Classmates will be audience as Tata representatives to score your pitch.

• The prize for the pitch that scores the highest is sponsorship for the start up.

With your team consider:

• Why your idea will appeal to people?

• Who is backing it?

• Why it will be popular?For Aptech Centre Use Only


Test Your Knowledge

1. Make adjectives from these nouns.

Noun Adjective

1 dedication

2 commitment

3 passion

4 ambition

5 courageFor Aptech Centre Use Only


Test Your Knowledge

1. Answers

Noun Adjective

1 dedication dedicated

2 commitment committed

3 passion passionate

4 ambition ambitious

5 courage courageousFor Aptech Centre Use Only


Test Your Knowledge

Verb Person noun

1 To found

2 To employ

3 To direct

4 To respond

5 To take risks

2. Find the ‘person noun’ for these verbs.


Verb Person noun

1 To found founder

2 To employ employers/employees

3 To direct directors

4 To respond respondent

5 To take risks risk-taker


Test Your Knowledge

2. Answers



In a Nutshell…

In this lesson you learnt to:

• Talk about personal qualities

• Identify collocations in a text

• Pitch an idea for a start up


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