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Lesson plans :: Foreign Language
Business success stories of all time
Goals: consolidating vocabulary relating to: "Success"; improving skills in reading, speaking and listening.
objectives:
1. Continue work on the development of students' language guess; skills and self-expression in English,
2. Practicing students the ability to make brief presentations about famous people;
3. Forming impressions of famous people who have attained some success in life
Basic educational facilities: board, computer, projector
Lesson Plan:
1. Organizing moment.Privetstvie. Setting goals. Introduce the topic (5 minutes)
2. Checking homework (8 minutes)
3. Main part. Submission of presentations students prepared themselves. (29 Minutes)
· Speaking training;
· Training of the lexical speech;
· Analysis of the information presented;
· Perform creative tasks;
4. Final part. Summing (3 minutes)
PROCEDURE
I. Organizational moment. 5 min.
Welcome. Setting goals. Introduction to the topic.
Teacher. Good morning, girls! How are you?
Pupils. Good morning, teacher! Fine, thanks, and you?
Teacher. Me, too, thank you. Sit down! Let "s start our English lesson now. Today at the lesson we'll speak about success. You know that Success can be achieved in different spheres of our life (slide 2).
But the topic of our discussion is "Business success stories of all time" (slide number 1). At the lesson we will find out who a successful person in business is. We are going to have an unusual lesson today. All in good time.
Look at the blackboard, please. There is a Chinese proverb.
Let "s read it." There are many paths to the top of the mountain, but the view is always the same. "
What is meant here under the words "the top of the mountain" and "the view?" As you know the Chinese are considered to be hardworking, persistent and hardy.
Student 1. There are many paths to the top of the mountain, but the view is always the same.
Student 2. I think as for the top it is "an aim" and the view means "the result".
Student 3. I agree with S2, but judging by the topic of our lesson the top may be also "success" because I believe success is some aim in gaming something. People can choose different things and means to get it and as a result they have what they want to.
Teacher. Right you are.
Lexical workout on knowledge of words, phrases on the topic.
II. Proverkadomashnegozadaniya
Now let's review what famous people said about the key to success.
1. The aphorisms and sayings about success. 8 min. (Slides 2-5)
1.Success is going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.
Winston Churchill (1874-1965), British statesman, Prime Minister
2. The most important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how to get along with people.
Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919), Twenty-sixth President of the USA
3. Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is usually more important than the outcome.
Arthur Ashe
4. Character is more important than intelligence for success.
Gilberte-Beaux
5. My definition of success is control.
Kenneth Branagh
6. Action is the foundational key to all success.
Anthony Robbins (I960-), American author, speaker
7. Sweat plus sacrifice equals success.
Charles O. Finley
8. The secret of success is consistency of purpose.
Benjamin Disraeli (1804-18 .... British statesman, Prime Mini-
9. You will find the key to success under the alarm clock.
Benjamin Franklin (1706-179 American scientist, publisher, diplomat
10. Patience, persistence and perspiration make unbeatable combination for success.
Napoleon Hill (1883-1970), American speaker.
12. The secret of business is to know something that nobody else knows.
Aristotle Onassis (1906-1975)
13. Instead of crying over spilt milk, go milk another cow.
Erna Asp
14. Work harder on yourself than you do on your job.
Jim Rohn, American businessman, philosopher
Discuss the position of the authors. Which is the important saying about success in your opinion? Support your point of view with reasons.
Students voiced speech, which pleased them opine.
As for me, I like the saying: Character is more important than intelligence for success. Tell me please, what personal qualities are required to achieve success in life? On our screen there is a list of traits of character. Choose 5 5 important and unimportant personal qualities which can contribute to success in business for your point of view. You have 3 minutes to fulfill this task.
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Your time is up. It 'time to listen to your ideas. At first come the most important features. Who would like to start?
Student 1. Strong-willed, persistent, ambitious, confident, enthusiastic.
Student 2. Hard-working, persistent, ambitious, quick-minded, determined.
Student 3. Sociable, tolerant, energetic, hard-working, independent.
Teacher. While checking the task I "ll ask S4 to sum up all the ideas and make a general conclusion in the form of the table at your computer what the most popular answers are (slide number 3).
Student 4 ....
Teacher. P4, thank you for the summary table. You see the ideas are different but ... (persistent, ambitious and hard-working) is (are) beyond any doubt.
And what about unimportant ones?
Student 1. Shy, selfish, doubtful, nervous, rank.
Student 2. Doubtful, sensitive, absent-minded, honest, indifferent.
Student 3. Narrow-minded, shy, absent-minded, indifferent.
Student 4 ....
Teacher. You are right. You haven't chosen these traits of character as the most important qualities. It means that they are of little significance. Some of them are even harmful.
III. Osnovnayachast. 29 minutes
OK. I see. I know that you have prepared some information and made your presentations about some famous successful people in business. Let's speak about them, their biography, and their secrets of success. Be attentive; be ready to answer the questions. Let's start!
(Students present their presentations about famous successful people. Concludes on each staff. Trying to discover the secret of the success of each of them. Discuss which of the famous aphorisms fit shown successful people. - 18 min.
Securing the learned material. 11 minutes
Students are given the following questions after viewing each of the presentations:
1. Where did ... achieve his / her success?
2. What was his / her way to success?
3. What do you think what personal qualities helped his / her to succeed in life?
Student 1. She / He achieved her / his success in the profession of a ....
Student 2. Money was unlikely to help her / him become successful as she / he comes from a dirt-poor family. Perhaps it was a great motivator for her.
Student 3. I think it was her / his youth, beauty, probably talent and her / his hope for a better life that contribute to her / his success.
Student 4.I believe it was impossible to achieve anything without hard work. Working hard is the only way to succeed in life. It "s rather difficult.
Student 5. I "m sure she / he was just lucky.
Student 6. To my mind ... "s personal qualities also played a certain role in making her / his career.
Student 7. She / He is determined, persistent, and even stubborn.
Student 8. She / He looks straightforward, ambitious and optimistic. She / He seems not to be afraid of difficulties.
Teacher. Yes. You have right answers. All of these people were strong-willed, enthusiastic, hardworking, confident and may be lucky.
I like the saying by Lisa Carey, a 15-year-old girl from America, "Nobody is going to hand you success on a plate. If you want to succeed, you" ll have to make it on your own: your own energy , your own head, and your own ambitions. If at first you don "t succeed, try, try and try again."
There are the same ways to gain the aim. As you have noticed we "ve come back to the Chinese proverb again:" There are many paths to the top of the mountain but the view is always the same ". How clever the Chinese are!
Teacher. What do you think is necessary to be successful? What are these ways to the top of the mountain? (Slide №.)
Student1. Health.
Student 2. Someone "s support.
Student 3. Money.
Student 4. Good luck.
Student 5. Personal qualities such as persistence, ambition, industry.
Student 6. Talent.
Student 7. Education.
Student 8. Risk.
Student 9. Hard work.
Student 10. Experience.
Student 11. Hope.
Student 12. Personal appearance.
IV.Zaklyuchitelnayachast. Podvedenieitogov. 3 min
Teacher. So many people, so many opinions. Each person prefers his / her way to achieve a goal. But there is no doubt that none of them is short, as there are no short cuts to success. As the English proverb says, "Real success comes in small portions every day."
Teacher. Each of you has your own plans for the future and your own paths, of course. I "m sure this discussion won" t be in vain and it "ll be of great benefit to you to find yourselves in the future. I" d like to believe that you will achieve your success not only in business but also in other spheres of our life.
In your life there may be several tops which you will have to reach. During our lesson there have been a lot of proverbs and sayings. As you know they have been collected for ages and they are the mine of information of the nations in the world. Which saying or proverb would you choose as a motto for your life? (Slide №.)
Student 1. Nothing is impossible to a willing heart.
Student 2. Working hard is the only way to succeed in life.
Student 3. If at first you don't succeed, try, try and try again!
Teacher. To finish our discussion I "ve chosen the proverb" Nothing is impossible to a willing heart "(« Bylabyohota, авозможностьвсегданайдется. Terpenieitrudvseperetrut "(slide №). Please keep it in your mind. Thank you very much for your work.
So, marks for the lesson are: ...
Now, the lesson is over, you may be free, good-bye.
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