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Unit 1: Becoming an Entrepreneur
24 videos

Welcome to English for Business and Entrepreneurship (Video 1)
Course Introduction Part I - Course Overview (Video 2)
Course Introduction Part II - Using the Course Site (Video 3)
Unlockable Achievement
What is Entrepreneurship? (Video 4 Part 1)
What is Entrepreneurship? (Video 4 Part 2)
Language Focus - Reading Skills (Video 5 Part 1)
Language Focus - Reading Skills (Video 5 Part 2)
Why Entrepreneurship? (Video 6 Part 1)
Why Entrepreneurship? (Video 6 Part 2)
Ideas, Products, and Opportunities (Video 7)
Creating Simple, One-Sentence Product Descriptions (Video 8 Part 1)
Creating Simple, One-Sentence Product Descriptions (Video 8 Part 2)
Deciding on a Type of Startup (Video 9 Part 1)
Deciding on a Type of Startup, Guest Speaker (Video 9 Part 2)
Risk, Failure, and Important Steps (Video 10 Part 1)
Risk, Failure, and Important Steps (Video 10 Part 2)
Language Focus - Comparative Structures (Video 11 Part 1)
Language Focus - Comparative Structures (Video 11 Part 2)
Language Focus - Comparative Structures (Video 11 Part 3)
Online Learning Opportunities to Extend Your Skills

14 readings

Overview of the Unit
Video/Listening: Elon Musk's Journey to Mars
Game 1: Unit 1 Vocabulary Flashcards
BASIC: Entrepreneurship seen as solution to South Africa's unemployment crisis
ADVANCED: Entrepreneurship seen as a solution to South Africa’s unemployment crisis
Women taxi startups gaining speed globally
African women entrepreneurs think big and share dreams
“This recent grad brewed a startup by managing the details”
Young Entrepreneurs Win Million-Dollar Prize
“Many paths lead to successful business startups”
“Entrepreneurs find new ways to address housing shortages*
Video: “Ludwick Marishane: A bath without water”
“Broadway rallies to save a beloved diner*
Game: Unit 1 Vocabulary Flashcards

14 quizzes

Unit 1 Assessment 1: Self-Assessment of Business and Entrepreneurship Vocabulary Knowledge
Check Your Understanding: *Entrepreneurship Seen as Solution to S. Africa's Unemployment Crisis*
Check Your Understanding: *African women entrepreneurs think big and share dreams*
Check Your Understanding: *This recent grad brewed a startup by managing the details*
Value Affirmation Activity
Game 2: Identifying Different Types of Products
Game 3: Creating Product Descriptions
Game 4: Correlative Connectors and Sentence Connectors
Check Your Understanding: *Young Entrepreneurs Win Million-Dollar Prize*
Game: Connector Practice Activity
Check Your Understanding: *Many paths lead to successful business startups*
Check Your Understanding: Entrepreneurs find new ways to address housing shortages
Check Your Understanding: *Ludwick Marishane: A Bath Without Water*
Check Your Understanding: *Broadway rallies to save a beloved diner*

1 discussion prompt

Unit 1 Assessment 2: Compare and Contrast Selling Goods to Selling Services
Unit 2: Identifying an Opportunity
20 videos

Market Research and Testing to Identify Opportunities (Video 1)
Unlockable Achievement
Informal Research - Advantages and Disadvantages (Video 2)
Formal Research - Advantages and Disadvantages (Video 3 Part 1)
Formal Research - Advantages and Disadvantages (Video 3 Part 2)
Language Focus - Listening Strategies (Video 4 Part 1)
Language Focus - Listening Strategies (Video 4 Part 2)
Creating a Survey (Video 5 Part 1)
Creating a Survey (Video 5 Part 2)
Language Focus - Questions and Intonation (Video 6 Part 1)
Language Focus - Questions and Intonation (Video 6 Part 2)
Language Focus: Sample questions and intonation
Collecting Data (Video 7)
Evaluating Results (Video 8)
Completing Assessment 2 (Video 9 Part 1)
Completing Assessment 2 (Video 9 Part 2)

11 readings

Overview of the Unit
Game 1: Unit 2 Vocabulary Flashcards
BASIC: Washington state's new apple joining a changing industry
ADVANCED: Washington state's new apple joining a changing industry
BASIC: Bugs are the new food
ADVANCED: Bugs are the new food
Samples of Question Forms and Intonation (for Assessment 1)
Assessment 2 Model
“Taiwanese business seeks specialized markets”
“People who bring their own grocery bags are more likely to buy junk food”
Game: Unit 2 Vocabulary Flashcards

9 quizzes

Check Your Comprehension: *Washington state's new apple joining a changing industry*
Check Your Comprehension: *Bugs are the new food*
Unit 2, Assessment 1: Questions and Intonation
Analyzing Sample Survey Data
Game 2: More Practice with Comparative Language
Game 3: Creating Survey Questions
Game: Question Matching Practice Activity
Check Your Understanding: *Taiwanese business seeks specialized markets*
Check Your Understanding: *People who bring their own grocery bags are more likely to buy junk food*

1 peer review

Unit 2, Assessment 2: Your Survey and Results
Unit 3: Creating a Business Plan (Part 1)
10 videos

Why write a business plan? (Video 1)
Strategic Language Focus - Intensifiers and degree complements in persuasive business writing (Video 2 Part 1)
Strategic Language Focus - Intensifiers and degree complements in persuasive business writing (Video 2 Part 2)
Unlockable Achievement
Business description, including management and operations (Video 3)
Marketing: Part I: Vocabulary and Concepts (Video 4 Part 1)
Marketing: Part I: Vocabulary and Concepts (Video 4 Part 2)
Marketing: Part I: Vocabulary and Concepts (Video 4 Part 3)
Marketing: Part II: Business Plan (Video 5 Part 1)
Marketing: Part II: Business Plan (Video 5 Part 2)

8 readings

Overview of Unit 3
BASIC: Nigeria's Wecyclers work for reusable future in Lagos
ADVANCED: Nigeria’s Wecyclers work for reusable future in Lagos
BASIC: Chinese go to Los Angeles for Kobe Bryant, but skip the beach
ADVANCED: Chinese go to Los Angeles for Kobe Bryant, but skip the beach
“50 business ideas you can start for under $100*
*Chilean government seeks to boost female-led start-ups*
Game: Unit 3 Vocabulary Flashcards

6 quizzes

Check Your Understanding: *Nigeria's Wecyclers work for reusable future in Lagos*
Check Your Understanding: *Chinese Go to Los Angeles for Kobe Bryant, But Skip the Beach*
Game 1: Practice with degree complements and intensifiers
Game 2: Sorting the 4 Ps
Check your Understanding: *50 business ideas you can start for under $100*
Check Your Understanding: *Chilean government seeks to boost female-led start-ups*

1 discussion prompt

Unit 3 Assessment 1: Business ideas for your local community
Unit 3: Creating a Business Plan (Part 2)
9 videos

Financials: Part I: Startup Costs, Operating Costs and Sales Projections (Vocabulary and concept focus) (Video 6)
Financials: Part II: Income statement (Vocabulary and concept focus) (Video 7)
Financials: Part III: Startup Costs, Sales and Revenue Projections, Cost Projections and Income Statement (Calculations) (Video 8 Part 1)
Financials: Part III: Startup Costs, Sales and Revenue Projections, Cost Projections and Income Statement (Calculations) (Video 8 Part 2)
Financials: Part III: Startup Costs, Sales and Revenue Projections, Cost Projections and Income Statement (Calculations) (Video 8 Part 3)
Strategic Language Focus - Describing Financials (Video 9)
Creating a brief business plan (Video 10 Part 1)
Creating a brief business plan (Video 10 Part 2)
Unlockable Achievement

3 readings

Template and Model for Brief Business Plans (for Assessment 2)
It's a startup world!
Game: Unit 3 Vocabulary Flashcards

4 quizzes

Game 3: Vocabulary: Word problems matching numbers with words
Game 4: Vocabulary: Word problems matching numbers with words
Game 5: Interpreting Results
Check Your Understanding: *It's a startup world!*

1 peer review

Unit 3 Assessment 2: Written Business Plan
Unit 4: Attracting Investors and Obtaining Financial Support
23 videos

Financing a Business: Bootstrapping versus Outside Funding (Video 1 Part 1)
Financing a Business: Bootstrapping versus Outside Funding (Video 1 Part 2)
Unlockable Achievement
Debt-Financing: Bank Loans and Microloans (Video 2 Part 1)
Debt-Financing: Bank Loans and Microloans (Video 2 Part 2)
Equity-Financing: Venture Capital (Video 3 Part 1)
Equity-Financing: Venture Capital (Video 3 Part 2)
Finding Investors in the Social Network (Video 4)
Crowdfunding (Video 5 Part 1)
Crowdfunding (Video 5 Part 2)
Listening: Crowd-sourced funding provides kickstart to new business ventures
Making a Pitch to Attract Investors (Video 6 Part 1)
Making a Pitch to Attract Investors (Video 6 Part 2)
Creating an Effective Hook (Video 7 Part 1)
Creating an Effective Hook (Video 7 Part 2)
Adding Impact: Word Stress, Body Language,and Eye Contact (Video 8)
Listening: How to Pitch a Business
Persuasive Pitch, Two Samples
Course Conclusion

9 readings

Overview of the Unit
Poll: Businesses Designed to Help India's Poor Attract Overseas Investors
Instructions for Assessment 2: Persuasive Elevator Pitch
Sample Elevator Pitch and Elevator Pitch Template
BASIC: Tech startups boom in India, attract big investments
ADVANCED: Tech startups boom in India, attract big investments
*Crowdfunding for business growing in Africa*
*The original social network: How global diasporas can mean big business*
Game: Unit 4 Vocabulary Flashcards

10 quizzes

Unit 4 Assessment 1: Reflective Response
Check Your Understanding: *Poll: Businesses Designed to Help India's Poor Attract Overseas Investors*
Check Your Understanding: *Crowd-sourced funding provides 'Kickstart' to new business ventures*
Check Your Understanding: *How to Pitch a Business*
Unit 4 Assessment 2: Elevator Pitch (written)
Game 1: Be brief!
Check Your Understanding: *Tech startups boom in India, attract big investments*
Check Your Understanding: *Crowdfunding for businesses growing in Africa*
Check Your Understanding: *The original social network: How global diasporas can mean big business*
Game: Build a Pitch - Structure Practice

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