What is success is an activity that I have entirely borrowed from Suzana through the EFLClassroom 2.0 community.
Self-study activity:
What is success for you?
What successes have you had in your life?
Is your idea of success similar to other people you know?
What successes would you like to have in your foreseeable future?
Watch the video and identify the mistakes in the transcript. Perhaps it would be a good idea that you watched the video through without reading the transcript, to get familiar with this lady's accent and what she talks about.
The second time you watch the v ideo you can try and spot the mistakes.
Woman : All right. Let’s talk about sucess. I need you to write that word down: success. The only thing that you have to do when you’re talking about success is define what success is to you. Success to me might be getting an MBA. Success to you might be getting a bachelor’s degree, getting married, having a child, raising kittens. Ah, owning your own business, driving the car that you want, having a lot of money to live comfortably. There’s no limit to what your definition of success is, and everybody’s definition is the same.
When we think of success we think of ‘‘wow, you make enough money and you drive a regular car, you live in a nice house, oh, you know, you have a good career’’. But that is not necessarily your success. So I want you to write down ‘‘what is success?’’. And I want you to define it. In this moment, not yesterday, not what, you know, don’t think too far, you have to think a lot into the present, but don’t think too far in the future. In this moment, what is success to you? Because this is what we’re gonna be striving towards. So write down: ‘‘what is success?’’
Key:
All right. Let’s talk about sucess. I want you to write that word down: success. The first thing that you have to do when you’re talking about success is define what success is to you. Success to me might be getting a PHD. Success to you might be getting a bachelor’s degree, getting married, having a child, raising puppies. Ah, owning your own business, driving the car that you want, having enough money to live comfortably. There’s no limit to what your definition of success is, and everybody’s definition is different. When we think of success we think of ‘‘wow, you make enough money and you drive a nice car, you live in a nice house, oh, you know, you have a good career’’. But that is not necessarily your success. So I want you to write down ‘‘what is success?’’. And I want you to define it. In this moment, not yesterday, not what, you know, don’t think too far, you have to think a little bit into the future, but don’t think too far in the future. In this moment, what is success to you? Because this is what we’re gonna be striving towards. So write down: ‘‘what is success?’’
