Summary
This downloadable PDF lesson plan for English teachers is a B2 class material focused on Agile and Scrum meetings. It's a perfect ESL resource for students in the tech industry, covering key vocabulary and grammar for daily stand-ups and project updates. This lesson helps B2 students master the language of Agile development. Activities include a warm-up discussion, a key terminology matching task, a listening gap-fill about a team member's perspective, and a reading exercise on a company's success with Scrum. The lesson culminates in a practical role-play simulating a daily stand-up meeting, allowing students to apply everything they've learned in a realistic business context. It's ideal for corporate English training or students aiming for careers in tech.
Activities
- Students begin by discussing project management and matching key Agile and Scrum terms like "sprint" and "impediment" to their definitions, building a solid foundation for the lesson's business context.
- A listening gap-fill exercise helps learners understand a team member's perspective on daily stand-ups, followed by a reading task where they complete an article about a company's Agile transformation.
- The lesson features a focused grammar exercise on using the Past Simple vs. Present Perfect for status updates, which students apply, along with useful phrases, in a final role-play simulating a real daily scrum meeting.
Vocabulary focus
The lesson introduces essential vocabulary for Agile and Scrum environments. Students will learn and practice key terms such as sprint, daily scrum, impediment, blocker, backlog, velocity, iterations, pivoted, and stakeholders. The material also provides a bank of useful phrases for giving clear and concise updates during stand-up meetings, covering progress, future plans, and potential roadblocks.
Grammar focus
The grammar section targets a common challenge in progress updates: the distinction between the Past Simple and the Present Perfect. The lesson provides clear explanations and examples relevant to a scrum meeting context (e.g., "Yesterday, I finished the code" vs. "I have finished the code"). Students then practice choosing the correct tense in a dedicated exercise to ensure they can communicate their accomplishments and current status with precision.
