Summary
This downloadable English lesson plan helps B1 students practice making business predictions. This ESL class material is ideal for teaching the first conditional in a professional context, perfect for your next business English lesson. This comprehensive business English lesson guides students through making professional predictions and proposals.
Activities include a vocabulary matching exercise, a listening gap-fill about a manager's forecast, and grammar practice with the first conditional. The lesson culminates in a collaborative speaking task where students role-play a strategy meeting, using newly learned phrases to discuss business proposals and predict their potential outcomes, fostering practical communication skills.
Activities
- Begin by matching key business forecasting terms like 'revenue' and 'market share' to their definitions, building a strong lexical foundation for the lesson's core theme of making professional predictions.
- Engage in a listening comprehension exercise where they fill in the gaps in a manager's update. This task reinforces key vocabulary and contextualizes the use of predictive language in a business setting.
- Apply their understanding of the first conditional in a final speaking activity. In small groups, they role-play a strategy meeting, using provided phrases to make proposals and discuss potential outcomes.
Vocabulary focus
The lesson introduces essential business English vocabulary for discussing future plans and performance. Key terms include 'revenue', 'market share', 'projections', 'launch', and 'finalize a deal'. These words are practiced through matching, listening, and reading exercises to ensure students can use them confidently in professional contexts.
Grammar focus
The primary grammar point is the first conditional (if + present simple, will + base verb), used for making predictions and proposals. The lesson also explores more nuanced variations, including the use of modals like 'might' and 'could' for less certain outcomes, and the structure 'unless' to express negative conditions.
