Part One: Warm Up
Discuss the following questions with your partner(s).
- When was the last time someone rejected your offer or refused your request? What was the situation?
- How do you feel about rejection? Are you fearful of it? Or do you just see it as a part of life?
Part Two: Vocabulary
Exercise
Part Three: Listening
In this lesson, you're going to listen to three conversations about rejection and take notes. As you learned in Writing 1-3, it is important to listen for comprehension and write down conclusions and main ideas, not every detail, when taking notes.
Open the exercise and follow the instructions.
Exercise
Part Four: Further Discussion
- Do you agree with Kent about how to have a successful job interview? Why or why not?
- What are some other good tips for a successful job interview?
- Do you agree more with Christine or Greg about asking someone out for the first time? What else could Daniel do in this situation?
- What should Daniel do if Elizabeth isn’t interested in him?
- Have you ever felt rejected in a class like Beth? What happened?
- Would you give the same advice to someone who hated making mistakes? What else could Luke have said?
- What is your goal for English? Is it “mastery” or something else?
Part Five: Taking it Further
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