Adaptability and other must-have traits

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ARTICLE: https://eslbrains.com/crc063

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LESSON OVERVIEW

In this lesson, students discuss the article they read at home about adaptability as a must-have trait. They work with some vocabulary and discuss other traits necessary for business. 

C1 / Advanced
C2 / Proficiency
30 min
45 min
Critical Reading ClubUnlimited Plan

This is a Critical Reading Club worksheet. With this format, students need to read an online article at home and do the exercises in the classroom. Learn more about how to use such worksheets and their benefits in our post.

ACTIVITIES

The lesson starts with a warm-up in which students think of three traits for people in different positions and professions (e.g. president/mayor, pharmacist, children’s books writer). Then, students create collocations (e.g. indispensable employee, vantage point, inherent capability, etc.) by matching the words. They practise the collocations and complete the statements with their ideas. Then, students compare their answers with a partner and agree or disagree with each other’s statements.

Next, students discuss some questions about adaptability as a must-have trait. They talk about enhancing adaptability and assessing it during job interviews. Finally, students answer questions about other personality traits (e.g.attention to detail, financial acumen, perseverance, resilience, etc.) and later on they discuss their line of work and talk about other positions and professions. 

ARTICLE

https://eslbrains.com/crc063

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  1. BTLTEACH

    Wonderfully put together, this is a great lesson! Well done Olia!
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    1. Olia

      Thanks, I’m so happy you liked it 😍

  2. Audrey S

    Wonderful topic and article for advanced students. I used for workers. We ended up doing a role play with some students being venture capitalist and some being entrepreneurs.

    1. Olia

      Great, thanks for your comment! I’d love to hear more about the role play you did 🙂

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