Building Emotional Connection

B1 · Intermediate1 hr 7 minStartup EnglishLesson 7 of 8 · Outline

Aims

Goal: make investors feel the problem — one specific human scene, vivid before/after language, and the data bridge that turns empathy into an investable market.

The lesson, stage by stage

  1. Warm up5 min

    Warm-up: Make them feel it first

    2 warm-up questions

  1. Reading10 min

    Reading: Building Emotional Connection

    Read a 289-word text about Building Emotional Connection

  2. Vocabulary8 min

    Vocabulary: Building Emotional Connection Vocabulary

    8 items

  3. Reading10 min

    Reading: A model emotional arc

    Read a 244-word text about A model emotional arc

  4. Practice7 min

    Practice: Practice: Creating Emotional Connection

    Gap-fill exercise, 5 items

  5. Practice7 min

    Practice: Flat, vivid, or fake?

    Matching exercise, 6 items

  6. Dialogue10 min

    Dialogue: Role Play: Practicing Emotional Storytelling

    Role-play: You are rehearsing the emotional elements of your pitch with a coach who specializes in investor communication. (4 lines)

  7. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: Your emotional arc, live

    3 discussion questions

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Target vocabulary

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empathytriggerinvestedconvictioncontagiousauthenticvividvisualize

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