EFL Listening Lesson | TEDTalk | How Great Leaders Inspire Action

This lesson will be using the Ted Talk by Simon Sinek called How Great Leaders Inspire Action. (Video below).

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Lesson Focus: Concept Listening and Responding

Pre-Listening

Why do you think people follow certain people? Who inspires you?
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Listening: Listen to the talk and answer the questions

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1. What three examples does the speaker give of good leadership?
 
 
2. In the “Golden Circle”, what does he mean by WHY?
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3. FINISH THE SENTENCE: 
“People don’t buy what you do, _______________________________.”
 
4. According to Sinek, all of his information is rooted in psychology/biology. How?
 
5. The goal isn’t to do business with everybody who needs what you have, the goal is to do business with people who _______________________________________________.
 
6. Samuel Pierpont Langley had education, funding, and support. How do we know that he just wanted fame and fortune? 
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7.a. Law of diffusion of innovation:

• 2 ½% Innovators
• 13 ½% ______________________
• 34% ________________________
• 34% ________________________
• 16% ________________________

7.b. Where are you in this chart, generally? _______________________________
 
8. What examples did the speaker give on good and bad examples of Law of diffusion of innovation?
                  Good (Success)                                   Bad (Failure)
 
 
 
 

Post-Listening: Think deeper

1. Fill in this chart. What does it mean? Do you agree?
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2. Are there areas of your life you can apply these principles to?
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3. What or who inspires you? Write their names and a few words about why.
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