Lesson Type: Listening

Level: Intermediate - Upper-Intermediate

Lesson length: 60 - 90 minutes

Summary: This listening lesson is based on authentic material (an actual episode of the US reality series Shark Tank). This lesson focuses on the listening comprehension aspect of watching the video, as students will have the opportunity to watch several times and determine whether the entrepreneur’s pitch was successful and why.

This lesson can stand on its own. However, if you and your students enjoy this context, there is also a Part 2 of this lesson which can be taught in a subsequent lesson (or in the second 90 mins of a 3-hour lesson). Part 2 is a speaking lesson in which students get to pretend they are Shark Tank contestants and work in groups to pitch a silly product to the class.