| LESSON OVERVIEW
The main objectives of this lesson are to:
- talk about business start-ups and their difficulties;
- explore start-up vocabulary;
- watch a short video on how to fund a business.
In this lesson, students discuss the challenges start-ups face, practise useful collocations (e.g., give up equity, rely on venture capital, secure funding), and discuss solutions for various start-up obstacles. They watch a video about start-up financing, imagine they have an idea for a start-up and decide how they would finance it. Students also talk about start-up funding in their country.
C1 / Advanced60 minStandard LessonPremium Plan
WARM-UP AND VOCABULARY
This lesson starts with a warm-up. Students list five challenges that business start-ups commonly face. They then match the halves of sentences about obstacles for new businesses. Afterwards, students practise start-up vocabulary. They match collocations related to start-ups (e.g. create a pitch, develop expertise, exercise due diligence) with their definitions. Moving on, students discuss feasible solutions for different start-up challenges. They use the collocations from the previous task.
VIDEO AND DISCUSSION
In this part of the lesson, students watch a video about start-up financing. First, they try to complete sentences about ways to fund a start-up. Then, students watch the video and check their ideas. Next, they revise start-up vocabulary by imagining they have an idea for a start-up. Students examine options related to financing methods, decide which ones they prefer and explain their reasoning. Finally, they discuss questions about start-up funding in their country.
HOMEWORK/REVISION
This lesson also includes an additional task that you can use as homework or revision. In the task, students complete the gaps in statements about business with start-up vocabulary. The task is available in the teacher’s version of the worksheet. You can print it and hand it out to your students. It’s also included in the e-lesson plan.
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Hi! I love the content on this lesson. Do you think it could be linked to the other lessons you have about entrepreneurs as a lesson set? I tre’ve been noticing a trend of more and more small business owners looking to expand their businesses by learning conversational English and this material is wonderful for speaking practise 🙂
Hello!
Thank you for your comment. Regarding the lesson set, we will think about how to create a set that might be useful for entrepreneurs, but you may now also check out other lessons on the topic, e.g. here, here, here and here.