Summary
This ESL lesson plan is designed for B1-level English students to master the skill of giving short updates and status reports in a professional context. This English class material uses a variety of interactive exercises to teach key vocabulary, grammar, and practical phrases for clear and effective communication about project progress.
This lesson helps intermediate students develop confidence in workplace communication. Activities include a warm-up discussion, a listening comprehension exercise based on a project update, vocabulary matching, and grammar practice with the present continuous tense. Students will also read a short article on best practices and use a list of useful phrases to build their own updates. The lesson culminates in a speaking activity where students deliver a status report on a real or imagined project.
Activities
- A warm-up discussion to activate students' prior knowledge about giving updates in their personal and professional lives.
- A listening comprehension exercise where students fill in the gaps in a project update dialogue to practice listening for specific details.
- A vocabulary-building activity where students match key terms like "finalize," "feedback," and "progressing well" to their correct definitions.
- A grammar practice section focusing on the present continuous for describing both ongoing actions and definite future plans.
- A speaking practice task where students prepare and deliver their own short status report, applying the phrases and structures learned throughout the lesson.
Vocabulary focus
The vocabulary section introduces essential business English terms for giving updates, such as "update," "reviewing," "feedback," "finalize," "progressing well," and "expect." Students will also learn and practice a set of useful phrases, including "Just a quick update on...," "is currently working on...," "We're still waiting for...," and "I'll send another update on..." to structure their reports effectively.
Grammar focus
This lesson concentrates on the present continuous tense. Students will practice using this grammar structure to talk about actions happening now ("The content team is now reviewing it") as well as to discuss definite arrangements and plans for the future ("We are launching the campaign in two weeks"). This helps students provide clear and accurate timelines in their updates.
Giving Project Updates & Status Reports | English B1
