Level 6.

Unit 11
Study Guide Week 15
Theme: LEADERSHIP
Student: ________________________________________
Teacher: ________________________________________

Objectives: To listen and read texts to identify general information and details.
To explore and choose the best type of leadership for the community in your
Project.
To compare and contrast views in multiple written and spoken texts
To review the zero and first conditional forms.

Materials: Book, DVDs and suggested links and documents.

Instructions: Read the complete guide before you start working on it.
Follow the sequence of activities and complete them with your answers.
Save your answers and upload the PDF document to the forum in Discussions,
Blackboard no later than May 10. The grade for these guides will be part of
the final exam.
Do not wait to the last day and to the very last minute to upload it. Punctuality
and completeness are important criteria in grading them.
 SLO 1 Identify main ideas, details, purpose, and audience in written and spoken texts

Exploring the concept of leadership

How many types of leaders do you think there are?
What duties do they have? What threats and challenges do you think they face?
Complete the chart. The first are done for you.

Type of leader Duties Threats and challenges they face

Business To inspire and guide the staff of a company to
fulfill its mission and vision in this everchanging
world
Social To defend their people’s rights and ancestral
cultures and customs, to manage development
in their communities so that they thrive
Academic
Globalization, cybersecurity, AI or automation,
market competition, lack of innovation, social
responsibility
In developing countries social leaders face
lethal threats. For example, in Colombia, more
than 50 social leaders had been assassinated
by Feb 19, 2020.

Religious

Political

Opinion

Other that you

know about

Go to the book on pages 52 and 53. In the big photograph you can see a meeting of Massai leaders in Tanzania, Africa.
They are discussing about an educational issue in their community. Listen to a Massai leader and complete the chart:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThcppnztYpw The Life in Maasai Tribal.

Massai leaders’ duties

Threats and challenges they face

In the other picture you can see Mr. Richard Branson. The CEO of Virgin, a group of more than 250 companies.
Go to pages 54 and 55, watch the interview in your CD-ROM and complete the comprehension exercises.
Though it is very specific for his brand, you can also identify some challenges he has faced as an entrepreneur.
If you don’t have the book CD-ROM, this is the link for the full interview
https://www.ted.com/talks/richard_branson_life_at_30_000_feet?language=en#t-108779 Life at 30.000 Feet

Answer these questions about leadership in the community for your Project 2

1. What is/are the biggest issue/challenge that my community (in Project 2) faces?
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2. What type of leaders does my community should have?

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3. What specific characteristics should they have?

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4. What specific strategies should the leader(s) follow to achieve my community goals and to face its threats and
challenges?
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Be prepared to discuss your ideas with the classmates in your group project.

For more information from business entrepreneurs that might be applied to other types of leaders, you can watch these
interviews:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EctzLTFrktc One of the greatest speeches ever. Jeff Bezos. 10 min.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzHLIXbqlOU 5 Women Entrepreneurs Share Their Secrets To Success. 8 min.

SLO 3 Compare and contrast views in multiple written and spoken texts

In this activity we are going to compare and contrast by identifying benefits and drawbacks. Go to the book on page 34.

1. Read the infographic and complete the exercises 2, 3, and 4 in the book. To review structure, check page 78,
exercises 1-3.

2. Write the sentences in exercise 6, page 35.

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3. As you have just seen, this infographic is about benefits of learning a L2. But in Uninorte, this requirement seems
to bring some disadvantages to some students. Which are some these disadvantages?

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4. In exercise 5, page 35, you are going to identify benefits and disadvantages of e-learning compared to
traditional classroom learning. Try to use conditional sentences with If/When/Unless
Traditional classroom learning, pros and cons:

e-learning, pros and cons: