Starting your own business

Ewa | May 28, 2025Jun 27, 2025

LESSON OVERVIEW

The main objectives of this lesson are to:

• read an article about the pros and cons of starting a business;
• explore vocabulary related to owning a business;
• talk about the benefits and challenges of being a business owner.

Students review words about entrepreneurship, practise business-related phrases (e.g. attract investors, build a brand, make a profit) and share their opinions on owning a business. They also discuss the positives and negatives of having your own company, share their personal experiences and talk about how they would start and develop a business.

ACTIVITIES

This lesson starts with a warm-up. Students complete a mind map with words (adjectives, verbs and nouns) that come to mind when they hear ‘entrepreneur’. After that, they choose the correct words to create phrases related to owning a business (e.g. do market research, build a brand) in sentences. Next, students say whether they agree with the sentences and explain why. They then look at examples of pros and cons of owning a business from the article they read at home. Afterwards, students list more pros and cons. They also discuss which pros could be considered cons, and vice versa. Following that, students talk about entrepreneurial strengths and weaknesses, using the target phrases from the lesson. Finally, they choose a business (e.g. cleaning service company) or think of their own idea. They answer questions about how they would start and develop that business.

ARTICLE

https://eslbrains.com/crc087

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