Talking points for business English

Last updated: 15/11/2023
Contributor: Teachit Author
Talking points for business English
Main Subject
Category
Work, business and economics: Jobs, work and business
Resource type
Student activity
Skills
Speaking

Profound and amusing quotations, ancient and modern, to get learners reflecting and talking about the world of business. Ideal for a first lesson.

An extract from the resource:

Worksheet 1

Working in small groups, choose one of the quotations below to discuss.  Then elect a spokesperson to take notes and present the group’s views to the rest of the class:

  1. Don't be discouraged by a failure.  It can be a positive experience.  Failure is, in a sense, the highway to success, inasmuch as every discovery of what is false leads us to seek earnestly after what is true, and every fresh experience points out some form of error which we shall afterwards carefully avoid. John Keats, English poet (1795-1821)

To what extent would you say that you have learnt from the mistakes you have made?

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31/10/2020

Thank you very much for this lesson! I have found it extremely useful and interesting!

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31/10/2020

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