Feeling like a fraud

What's in the lesson

1. 1Warm-up
2. 2In this lesson
3. 3Guess the words (1)Vocabulary exercise
4. 4Guess the words (2)Vocabulary exercise
5. 5Check the wordsVocabulary
6. 6Check your understandingReading comprehension
7. 7Listen: Daniela's first jobListening comprehension
8. 8Use the new wordsVocabulary exercise
9. 9What does it mean?Grammar exercise
10. 10Participle clausesGrammar rule
11. 11Make it shorterGrammar exercise
12. 12Say it naturallySpeaking practice
13. 13Advice for a friendSpeaking practice
14. 14Let's discussDiscussion
15. 15Wrap-up

Homework

1. 1Homework: closest meaningVocabulary exercise
2. 2Homework: your sentencesVocabulary exercise
3. 3Homework: participle clausesGrammar exercise
4. 4Homework: a time I doubted myselfDiscussion

Words

• self-doubt/ˌself ˈdaʊt/

  a feeling that you are not good enough or that you cannot do something well

• fraud/frɔːd/

  a person who pretends to be something that they are not

• competent/ˈkɑːmpɪtənt/

  having the skills or knowledge to do something well enough (opposite: incompetent)

• praise/preɪz/

  words that say someone did something well (also a verb)

• downplay/ˈdaʊnpleɪ/

  to make something seem less important or less good than it really is

• high achiever/ˌhaɪ əˈtʃiːvər/

  a person who is very successful, especially at school or work

• expose/ɪkˈspoʊz/

  to show the truth about someone or something that was hidden

• cope with/ˈkoʊp wɪð/

  to deal successfully with something difficult

• reassuring/ˌriːəˈʃʊrɪŋ/

  making you feel less worried (reassure: to make someone feel less worried)

• mentor/ˈmentɔːr/

  an experienced person who advises and helps someone with less experience

Two slides from the lesson

Warm-up

Let's talk about confidence.

1. Do you find it easy or hard to accept praise? Why?
2. Have you ever started something new and felt that everyone else knew more than you?
3. Who was the most helpful person in your first job or at your school?

Grammar rule

Participle clauses

A participle clause is a short way to add information about time, reason or the way something happens. It usually has no subject: the subject is the same as in the main clause.

Form	Meaning	Example
-ing	active, at the same time, or the reason	Feeling tired, he went to bed early. (= because he felt tired)
past participle	passive	Built in 1890, the bridge is still in use. (= it was built)
having + past participle	one action before another	Having saved enough money, they bought a van. (= after they had saved)
noun + -ing / past participle	a short relative clause	Students living on campus pay less. (= who live)

For a negative, put not first: Not knowing the way, we used a map. (= because we didn't know)

Keep the same subject in both parts. Not Driving home, a deer ran in front of my car (the deer wasn't driving), but Driving home, I saw a deer run in front of my car.