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Entrepreneurship, a concept adopted by 52% of Romanian students

More than half of the Romanian students want to start their own business
in the next two years and supporting entrepreneurship is a solution that we con
sider to the issue
of unemployment.
" Young Romanian are willing to work hard for what they want, according
to a recent study conducted by EY in conjunction with Bucharest University of Ec
onomic Studies among 765 students. According to the same study, 52% of the young
people are interested in developping their own businessin the next two years. C
onsidering this data young Romanians should be supported in becoming entrepreneu
rs through clear measures and schemes successfully implemented in other countrie
s and adapted to the Romanian society"said Mihaela Matei, the coordinator of Rom
anian Entrepreneurship Barometer and Special Projects Communications Officer, EY
, Romania.
EY representatives claim that supporting entrepreneurship is a solution
that we should consider for the issue of youth unemployment. "Recent studies dev
eloped by EY showed that businesses run by entrepreneurs will generate more jobs
than big corporations in 2015- 76% of entrepreneurs saying that they plan to ex
pand their workforce in 2014,compared to 31% of executives from major corporatio
ns mentions the press release.
According to E, the unemployment rate among young people in OECD countri
es has reached 15.7% while in EU countries it was 23% at the beginning of 2014,
with small variations in both cases from the previous year .In Romania, although
the last year the unemployment rate among young people was below in European a
verage in irst quarter of 2014, this rate reached 25,7% after a continuous incre
ase in the last three quarters. "Youth unemployment is a persistent problem worl
dwide which, despite omproving economic conditions, remains, at very high levels
. Providing an active entrepreneurial ecosystem is one of the best ways of deali
ng with youth unemployment, not only due to the large numer of jobs generated by
entrepreneurs, but also due to the professional fulfilment that starting ypur
own business can offer young people" declared in a press release Bogdan Ion, cou
ntry managing partner, EY Roma

LESSON PLAN
Language level:B2.1
Learner: adult, higher education, corporate employees
Time: 50 min
Topic: Entrepreneurship- 52% of Romanian students prefer entrepreneursh
ip
Materials: Text, worksheet, video

1. Set context-group discussion and reading the text (15 min)

- pre-teach some vocabulary elements ("entrepreneurship" "should be supported",
"interested in developing", "schemes.. implemented..and adapted to.."etc)
On the board you write:
Entrepreneurship- the best option for Romanian youth
Question-"Do you think entrepreneurship is an option for the young generation? w
hy?"
"Give definitions to the concept of 'entrepreneurship'
After a short discussion you distribute the Worksheet1- Writing, Speaking
Questions: what is the percentage of the Romanian students willing to start thei
r own business in the next two years?
what is the solution to the unemployment issue?
what modalities are there to suppport young Romanians in becoming ent
repreneurs?
why is entrepreneurship a better solution to the issue of youth unemp
loyment than big corporations?
what was the rate of youth unemployment in Romania, compared to the E
U?
what is the best way of dealing with youth unemployment worldwide?

Structures and functions. On board you write: Past Participle as Participial

Adjective and Participial Relative Clause (15 min), Writing, Fill in type exerci
ces
- Participial Adjective: "stolen watch"
- Participial Relative Clause=a clause which contains a participle instead of a
finite verb,elipsis ex. from the text:
"clear measures successfully implemented amd adapted to..","studies (whi
ch were-elipsis) developed
Exercices with participial adjective and Participial relative clause: Worksheet
, online exercice, also revising the IIIrd form of the irregular verbs

2. Video about a successful Romanian entrepreneur in tourism- you tube - Listeni

ng,Speaking (15 min)
Next, students will be asked to retell the story of his success. Explain how he
made it a success-
Explain what exactly were his motivations and what helped him not to give up his
ideas
Explain if the active entrepreneurial ecosystem functioned in his case
3. Follow up, Case study- Imagine you are a young student willing to become an e
ntrepreneur in real estate sector. Why did you choose to become an entrepreneur
than working as an employee? What were your motivatons? What measures would hel
p you? How eould you contribute to unemployment rate decrease? Writing, Speakin
g (20 min)