Listening: A Radio Interview Entrepreneur
A radio interview entrepreneur is a B1–B2 listening text in the broadcast-interview genre. The audio covers a journalist interviewing a startup founder — about the business idea’s origin, early challenges, key moments, current state, and future plans. Learners practise tracking two voices in turn-taking, catching specific business details, and recognising the interviewer’s questioning techniques.
This worksheet builds B1–B2 listening comprehension through a broadcast-interview audio.
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What’s inside:
- A radio-interview audio (~5 minutes) with annotated transcript
- Pre-listening vocabulary box with startup and business terms
- Comprehension items: catch business details, identify entrepreneur’s reasoning, infer attitude
- Multiple-choice on key facts and figures
- Production task: prepare three interview questions for a successful person you’d like to meet
- Full Answer Key plus Teacher Notes
Common challenges: Two-speaker turn-taking at B1–B2 requires tracking who is asking and who is answering. Business vocabulary: startup, founder, investor, funding, scale, market, customer base, pivot. Reading the interviewer’s stance: neutral, supportive, sceptical.
For: Adult and teenage learners (14+) at CEFR B1–B2, in intermediate and upper-intermediate classes, 1:1 lessons, or self-study. Maps onto Cambridge B1 Preliminary (PET) Listening Part 3 and B2 First (FCE) Listening Part 2. Part of the Media & Entertainment collection — the natural next step is A Sports Commentary, which extends interview listening into high-speed media.
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