MISTAKES (B2/C1 Lesson)

3. Positive Mistakes

3a. Can you think of any situations where a mistake turned into something positive?

• With a partner, brainstorm as many of these situations as you can. They might be things from your own life or things you’ve read about or heard about.

3b. Here’s a task based on a text. Click the link to find it:

Mistakes, part 3b, text-based activities

https://englishin3dnet.wordpress.com/2024/06/13/mistakes-part-3b-text-based-activities/

3c. In this video, Neal Foard describes a restaurant in Japan:

• What is the purpose of the restaurant?
• What is the link between the restaurant and the folk story about the buckets and the elderly lady?

Task: Retell a folk story – or create a new story – to illustrate one way that a mistake or mistakes can have a positive effect.