Book 1, Unit 11: Dancing to Nobody’s Tune
In Unit 11, we have learned how Lin Hwai-min, the founder of Cloud Gate Dance Theater of Taiwan, struggled to become a dancer. With his perseverance and hard work, he strove to realize his dream. From the story, students learn the key to succeed. I selected two short speeches from TED to further illustrate what the important elements and qualities of achieving one’s goal are. After watching these two clips, the students need to fill in the blanks on the script as a listening test and complete a worksheet to show what they have learned from them and how they are going to improve their learning and to achieve their goal. (The script: Listening Script ; Worksheet: TED speech workshet )
1. The Key to Success? Grit by Angela Lee Duckworth
2. Smash Fear, Learn Anything by Tim Ferriss