IELTS Speaking Lesson about Business People Flashcards
Useful Links
Words to describe entrepreneurs
https://www.sweetstartups.com/strategy/50-positive-words-to-describeentrepreneurs/
20 famous entrepreneurs
https://bloggerspassion.com/famous-entrepreneurs/
Questions leaders should be asking
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbescoachescouncil/2019/10/28/fourquestions-every-leader-should-ask-their-team/?sh=cd91d05184d8
Toolbox: Listening resources
https://listenaminute.com/
IELTS Speaking Vocabulary: Business People
Business is a very wide topic and an important one in IELTS Speaking.
In this lesson we will focus on business people, in particular
entrepreneurs.
Here are some useful words to talk about business people
Businessman (sing.)
Businessmen (pl.)
Business woman (sing.)
Business women (pl)
An entrepreneur (n.) = a person who sets up their own business
A solopreneur (n.) = an entrepreneur working alone کارآفرین فردی
A youpreneur = an entrepreneur who uses their name as a brand
A business Tycoon (n.)
a rich and influential business person in their industry
سرمایه دار خیلی مهم، ادم با نفوذ و پولدار
A business magnate
a rich and influential business person in their
industry
A founder
= the person who created a company
A co-founder
= one of 2 or more people who created a company
In a company or business there are many names for people in high level management positions, including the following.
**An executive **= a person with a leadership position in a company / business or firm
CEO = Chief Executive Officer
COO = Chief Operating Officer
MD = Managing Directo
جری، هیئت رئیسه، اجرایی، مجری، جامع
Describing Entrepreneurs
When we describe people, there are different ways of expressing out
opinion, such as
In my opinion, ______
As far as I’m concerned,_______
The way I see it, ______
So we can make a sentence like the following, and then add different adjectives or a noun.
“In my opinion, entrepreneurs need to be passionate.”
“The way I see it, an entrepreneur needs to be a visionary”
“As far as I’m concerned, entrepreneurs need to have a vision”
Here are some common adjectives we can use to describe entrepreneurs.
Passionate
Persistent / determined / hard-working
Creative / innovative
Honest / fair / ethical
Positive / proactive / fearless
Find more adjectives to describe entrepreneurs here.
More expressions
To have a vision = to have a view of the world I want to make real
To lead from the front = to set the example and lead
A bad leader will lead from behind = not setting the example
IELTS Speaking Topic: How to Set Up a Business
Here is some key vocabulary to talk about setting up or starting a
business.
To set up = to start or begin (a business, a project, a company)
To set up a start up (= a new business/company)
To found a business ( = to establish, begin)
To launch a business ( = to establish, begin)
To start a business from scratch (= to start with nothing and from the beginning)
To start a business from square one (=from the beginning)
How does someone set up a business? What are the key steps they
should take?
Here are some ideas below. The order may change slightly, but this will give you some ideas, and useful collocations.
1. Get a groundbreaking / outstanding idea پیشگامانه - نوآورانه و خلاقانه - معرفی ایده ها و روش های جدید
- Find out customer and market needs / do some market research
- Make / write a business plan / decide on a business model
- Find investment / capital / money
(e.g. network, get a loan from a bank, get an ‘angel’ investor) - Create your brand / product and service
- Find a place / location / platform
- Hire employees / create a team
- Open shop / start working
- Do some marketing / do some advertising / sell your product or
service
Different Business models
B to B (wholesale = selling to companies)
B to C (retail = selling directly to the customer)
Online selling
One-off payment
Monthly subscription model
Which entrepreneur do you look up to and why?
Here are some answers to this question. Notice the ideas and
collocations.
Ratan Tata because he always gives back to the community.
I look up to the online small business entrepreneurs who have seized a wonderful opportunity I really admire Jack Ma who is a Chinese business magnate, investor and philanthropist. He also is the co-founder of the Alibaba Group.
I respect Bill Gates, because he is a great philanthropist and funds
many scientific projects.
I look up to Elon musk because I am interested in astronomy I have a lot of time for Mark Zuckerberg, because he transferred our social lives from the real world to the virtual world.
Great questions leaders should be asking employees
We often think of entrepreneurs as leading from the front, having a
clear vision and just telling everybody what to do.
However, some of the best entrepreneurs are great listeners, and they have a talent for asking good questions. Somebody once said,
“If you want to get a good answer, then ask a great question.”
Many entrepreneurs pay heed to this advice. Here are some great
questions that leaders could and should be asking their employees, to make their business even better.
How can I help you?
What do you think?
What have you learnt today?
How can we better serve our customers?
IELTS Speaking Idioms about Business People
Come up with an idea
= to create (an idea)
Leaders need to come up with great ideas
To build a company from the ground up
= to create a company from the beginning and make it bigger
Mark built his online business from the ground up
Get / have experience under your belt
= have a lot of experience (in my life) You are fresh out of university, you should accept that job offer, just to get some experience under your belt
آب دیده شدن
گرگ باران دیده
گرگ بالان دیده
To see/look at the bigger picture
= to understand the big strategy (not
focus on the details)
To not be able to see the wood for the trees
= to focus on the details
(and miss the big picture)
Some employees can’t see the wood for the trees, that’s why the leader need to see the bigger picture
ندیدن نکته ی اصلی به دلیل درگیر شدن در جزئیات
