Soichiro Honda: From a Bicycle Engine to the World

All levels48 minFamous PeopleLesson 3 of 6 · Outline

Aims

A mechanic in a ruined post-war town put a tiny engine on a bicycle, and built a company from it. Failure, repair and stubbornness for B1 students.

The lesson, stage by stage

  1. News10 min

    In the news: The story

    Read a 158-word news story: A small engine, a bicycle, and a country with no petrol

  1. Vocabulary8 min

    Vocabulary: Words to know

    6 items

  2. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: The workshop

    2 discussion questions

  3. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: Failing

    3 discussion questions

  4. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: Hands and offices

    3 discussion questions

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Target vocabulary

In a Tuton account these words become your student's vocabulary deck, so they come back in practice between lessons.

mechanicfailenginebicyclerobotget your hands dirty

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