Startup Culture Vocabulary

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

Aims

Goal: describe a company's culture to a candidate using five culture terms with a concrete practice behind each — and one honest downside, volunteered.

The lesson, stage by stage

  1. Warm up5 min

    Warm-up: Describe the culture honestly

    2 warm-up questions

  1. Reading10 min

    Reading: Understanding Startup Culture

    Read a 283-word text about Understanding Startup Culture

  2. Vocabulary8 min

    Vocabulary: Startup Culture Vocabulary

    8 items

  3. Reading10 min

    Reading: A model culture answer

    Read a 279-word text about A model culture answer

  4. Practice7 min

    Practice: Practice: culture vocabulary

    Gap-fill exercise, 6 items

  5. Practice7 min

    Practice: Match the term to what it looks like in practice

    Matching exercise, 6 items

  6. Dialogue10 min

    Dialogue: Model conversation: the culture interview

    Role-play: You're interviewing a strong candidate from a corporate background. They want the truth about your startup's culture — give it to them, using today's vocabulary. (10 lines)

  7. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: Your mission: the culture answer

    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.

HustleWork-life balanceBurnoutRemote workAsync communicationTransparencyCore valuesScrappiness

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