Summary
This lesson covers key vocabulary, functional phrases for online and in-person scenarios, and tips from an engaging video. Activities include dialogue practice, role-playing challenging situations, and a grammar focus on polite communication. Students will leave the class ready to contribute constructively and professionally, whether they are leading a discussion or just participating.
Activities
Students start by learning and matching key meeting vocabulary before watching a short video to discover practical tips for improving preparation, managing personalities, and handling online meetings.
Learners practice essential functional language for every stage of a meeting, from starting and interrupting to managing time and clarifying information, through fill-in-the-gap exercises and scenario-based discussions.
A dynamic group role-play challenges students to manage different personalities in a timed meeting, followed by a grammar exercise focused on transforming direct, rude statements into polite and professional language.
Vocabulary focus
This lesson introduces essential terms for discussing meetings, including agenda, chairperson, minutes, action points, hybrid meeting, pre-read, and breakout rooms. Students will also learn idiomatic phrases like to drone on.
Grammar focus
The focus is on using polite and indirect language. Students learn to soften their statements and disagreements using techniques like modal verbs (could, might), tentative phrases (I wonder if..., Perhaps we could...), and indirect questions to sound more professional.
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