Why we have too few women leaders

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Vocabulary - agreeing and disagreeing

women leaders

LESSON OVERVIEW

Equality at work is a controversial topic that has been widely discussed. Instead of focusing on how men discriminate against women at work, Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook, looks at women’s actions and the society bias that prevents women from becoming business leaders.

B2 / Upper Intermediate
C1 / Advanced
60 minStandard LessonPremium Plan

This worksheet is based on a TED talk “Why we have too few women leaders” by Sheryl Sandberg, that looks into the topic of work equality. During the lesson, students will learn the most challenging vocabulary from the video through a definition matching task, as well as identify and practice phrases used for agreeing and disagreeing. There are also three speaking activities that allow students to use new vocabulary and discuss main points of the TED talk and some commentaries to it.
While some may see the topic of gender equality as too controversial for English lessons, I believe that is an important issue that needs to be discussed. From my experience, students find this lesson engaging and it always leads to a hot debate.

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  1. Kamila Cempa

    I adore the lesson script

    1. Justa

      Great to hear that 🙂

  2. lynnbradshaw

    I have used this with advanced adult groups and it provided both useful vocabulary and a topic for lively discussion.

  3. TEACHERS EM UNIAO

    Great content!

  4. Paloma Varela

    Great content!

  5. Paloma Varela

    Loved the topic!

    1. Justa

      Thanks for the comment!

  6. Lizoid

    The killer comment here is that success and likability are positively correlated for men and negatively correlated for women. And this was in 2017! Any chance of an update on this very important lesson?

    1. Stan

      Oh, the speech itself is even older – it was recorded in 2010. We might do a new lesson to continue this topic but maybe you should first explore our other lessons about women here: https://eslbrains.com/lesson_topic/women/

  7. dc

    A long video- would v
    be better shortened or parts removed that are not necessary.

    1. Ewa

      Hi! This is one of our older lessons. Please check out our newer lessons for shorther videos/video parts.

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