W. A. Ward Dear English Teachers!

skills to be emphasized: 
listening, speaking, reading, writing.
Target structure: 
Types of Questions
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Target vocabulary: 
work, passion, push, ideas, focus, persuade, aim, good
 
luck.

materials:
photos, a tape, textbooks.
starter Time: 5 min.
aim: 
focusing students’ attention on the topic.
Divide the class into small groups of four. Tell them to read the quotes and 
discuss it in their group. elicit opinions.
students' own answers.
pre-listening Time: 10 min.
aim: 
preparing students for the listening tasks.
1.
tell students that success has different meanings to different people. Ask 
them how they define success. Tell them to number the following from 1 to 8. (1 
is the most important and 8 the lowest). Have them form into small groups and 
discuss their opinions.
1._______ being in a happy marriage
2._______ having a good job
3._______ keeping many close friends
4._______ having much money
5._______ having a nice family with good children
6._______ owning rare and available things
7._______ being very powerful
8._______ being a famous person
students' own answers.
2. 
Ask: What are the eight things that help to achieve success? Ask students to 
look at pictures and find the words. The first letter of each word is given. 
Work, 
passion, push, ideas, focus, persuade, aim, good luck
 

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Teacher’s book
163
answers:
1. work 2. ideas 3. luck 4. push 5. aim 6. focus 7. persuade
8. passion
While-listening Time: 15 min.
aim
: listening for details.
3. 
tell students that they are going to listen to the tape. Let them some time to 
look through the 
true/false
statements before listening. Ask them to write F or 
t while listening. After listening ask them to work in pairs and compare their 
answers. 
TapE sCRIpT 30.
sochiro honda is the founder of the honda company which is one of the 
best-known large automobile companies. honda’s story started when he went 
for a job interview to work for the Toyota company. Honda was rejected and was 
told that he was not fit for the job. The man didn’t give up and decided to create 
a company that could compete with toyota and honda was born! if there were 
anything we can learn from this inspiring success story it would be never to give 
up.