EF - SPIN - TED Talk - Lesson 2

​SPIN

English Through Ted Talk

​404, the story of a page not found

Lesson Aim​

Students will be able to...​

• ​recognise key terms when listening

Some text here about the topic of discussion

​What can you remember about Renny Gleeson?

​Speaking - Look and Discuss

​What do you think these words or phrases mean?

​Director Embed

ICT Sitters

De​velopment Brands

​Department Error

Invest

Startup ​

​Read and Match

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​Pair Check!

• What do you think is number...?

• What did you write for...?​

​Let's Check!

1. ​b

2. a

3. d​

4. f

5. c

6. e​

​Think and Discuss

​What are abbreviations and jargon?

​What do these abbreviations stand for?

• NY

• BRB

• Corp

• ​Mr.

• km/h

Open Ended

Can you think of 2 other abbreviations?

​Match the Jargon

Match

Jargon - Match the following

• Due diligence

• Hard copy

• Cache

• Dek

• Stat

the research that should be done before making an important business decision.

a physical printout of a document

a place for short-term memory storage.

a subheading, (one or two sentences long), that provides a brief summary of the article that f

a term, usually used in a medical context, that means "immediately."

• the research that should be done before making an important business decision.

• a physical printout of a document

• a place for short-term memory storage.

• a subheading, (one or two sentences long), that provides a brief summary of the article that f

• a term, usually used in a medical context, that means "immediately."

​How do you say these terms? - 3a

Listening​ - 3b

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​Pair Check!

• What do you think is number...?

• What did you write for...?​

​Let's Check!

1. ​4.04, $404

2. sites, sites

3. ​default

4. ​URL

​Video - Watch, note, and Discuss

​Share and Discuss

Remember?

About?

Interesting?

Purpose?​

Open Ended

What are three things that Renny Gleeson talked about that you found noteworthy?

Reorder

In which order does Renny Gleeson do these things?

• He explains what a 404 page is.

• He suggests that 404 pages are usually a negative experience.

• He tells a story about a 404 page competition.

1

2

3

• 1
• 2
• 3

Multiple Choice

404 pages are standardised around the world and on different websites.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Most 404 pages are interesting.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Finding a 404 page is a negative experience compared to our normal experiences on the internet.

• True

• False

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Exercise 3​

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​Listen and Choose

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​Let's Check

1. startups

2. found

3. ​24 hours

4. ​identity

​Speaking - Critical Thinking

Discuss​

1. ​How did the 404 contest help startups build up their brands?

2. ​Why are brands so important to companies?

3. What have you learned from the TED Talk video?​

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Open Ended

​How did the 404 contest help startups build up their brands?

​Why are brands so important to companies?

What have you learned from the TED Talk video?​