1. Slack - adjective - characterized by a lack of work or activity; quiet
2. Initiative - noun - an act or strategy intended to resolve a difficulty
3. Frazzle - verb - cause to show the effects of exhaustion or strain
4. Sustainable - adjective - able to be maintained at a certain level or rate
5. Ruminate - verb - to think deeply about something
6. Heightened - adjective - more intense than usual
1. How would you describe your workplace?
2. What are signs of a healthy work environment?
3. What are some signs of a toxic work environment?
4. What are ways to improve the work environment?
5. " To win in the market place you must first win in the workplace." Doug Conant - Do you agree with this quote?
6. Do you think you could be equally or even more productive in a 4 day work week than a 5 day work week?
ESL Vocabulary ( Africa )
1. Output - noun - the amount of something produced by a person, machine or industry
2. Emanate - verb - a feeling spreading out
3. Diplomacy - noun - the art of dealing with people in a sensitive and tactful way
4. Comprehensive - adjective - including or dealing with all or nearly all elements or aspects of something
5. Hostile - adjective - showing or feeling opposition or dislike; unfriendly
6. Overarching - adjective - comprehensive or all inclusive
1. When you think of African culture what comes to your mind?
2. What influences from African culture do you see in your country?
3. What are some of your favorite aspects of African culture?
4. How is African culture disrespected in your country?
5. " A fool has to say something. A wise person has something to say." African Proverb - What does this quote mean to you?
6. Which African country would you like to visit?
ESL Vocabulary (Mirrors)
1. Wisdom - noun - the quality of having experience, knowledge and good judgement
2. Vector - noun/verb - direct to a desired point
3. Haunt - verb - to ber persistently and disturbingly present
4. Rouse - verb - make angry or excited
5. Deconstruct - verb - reduce something to it constituent parts in order to reinterpret it
6. Protagonist - noun - the leading character or one of the major characters in a play, movie, novet, etc.
Instructions: Match the expressions with the correct definitions
1. Done by smoke and mirrors
2. House of mirrors
3. In the rearview mirror
4. Mirror image
5. Take a look in the mirror
6. A friend's eye is a good mirror
A. a friend can impart wisdom to another
B. A warped, distorted version, vision, or representation of reality.
C. A person or thing that has or represents the same characteristics as someone or something else.
D. To consider, realize, or admit one's own failing or culpability in relation to some issue.
E. To relegate something in one's mind to the past, so as not to have to deal with or confront it any longer. Likened to looking at something recede in the distance as one drives away in one's car.
F. Done using trickery, deception, or misdirection.
1. When do people commonly look at themselves in the mirror?
2. Why do women usually have a mirror with them?
3. Would you use mirrors to decorate your room? Why or Why not?
4. What are the symbolic meanings of mirrors?
5. " In the business world, the rearview mirror is always clearer than the windshield." Warren Buffet - What do you think this quote means?
6. In the movie, " Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" the queen asks her mirror, " Magic mirror on the wall, who's the fairest one of all?" What question of reflection would you ask your mirror?
1. What is persuasion?
2. What is challenging about persuasion?
3. Is being persuasive a gift people are born with or a skill learned overtime?
4. Who could be easily persuaded?
5. "Persuasion can go through obstacles that force cannot." Do you agree with this quote?
6. In your job do you have be very persuasive?
ESL Vocabulary ( Persuasion )
1. Inadequacy - noun - lack of the quantity or quality required
2. Inhibition - noun - a feeling that makes one self-conscious and unable to act in a relaxed and natural way
3. Subtle - adjective - making use of clever and indirect methods to achieve something
4. Cold call - verb/noun - make an unsolicited visit or call to someone in an attempt to sell goods or services
5. Coherent - adjective - logical and consistent
6. Refute - verb - to deny or contradict a statement or allegation
ESL Vocabulary ( Defamation )
1. Defamation - noun - the action of damaging the good reputation of someone
2. Libel - noun - written defamation
3. Malice - noun - the desire to harm someone; ill will
4. Slander - noun/verb - make false and damaging statements about someone
5. Hoax - noun/verb - a humorous or malicious deception
6. Salvage - verb - retrieve or preserve something from potential loss or advance circumstances
1. What is defamation?
2. What are ways someone can defame another person?
3. Why is it important to have a good reputation?
4. How would you feel if someone slandered you?
5. "Worry about your character, not your reputation. Your character is who you are. Your reputation is who people think you are." John Wooden - Do you agree with this quote?
6. If you felt like someone was grossly slandering you would you take them to court?
ESL Vocabulary: Vacation In Arizona 1. Attraction - noun - the action of provoking interest in someone or something 2. Enthusiast - noun -...
