Unit 4 Team Building

Reading

Listen and read this magazine article about teams. Then, choose the correct answers. What roles can be adopted by members of successful groups? Tell the class.

 Which team-member is most likely to discover

helpful information for a project?

A a Team worker

B a Coordinator

C a Resource-Investigator

D a Shaper

2 According to the article, which of the following

is NOT true?

A Team workers have good relationships with

others

B Plants are good at coming up with ideas

C Coordinators have strong opinions and feelings

D Completer-Finishers are good at finding

mistakes

What can be inferred about Dr Belbin?

A He was a Resource-Investigator.

B He studied groups for almost a decade

C He observed groups that were not successful

D He saw the nine roles in his own research team

Speaking

With a partner, act out the roles below based on the dialogue from Task 6.Then switch roles

We need to choose our team carefully for this web design project.

Yes. Last time the team didn 't gel and the project flopped

So who should we use?

Well, let's think about personality types and roles first.