Retrospectives & Improvement

B1 · Intermediate1 hr 6 minIT & TechnologyLesson 6 of 8 · Outline

Aims

Goal: contribute to a retrospective with Start–Stop–Continue — specific, blame-free, and ending in an action item someone can actually do.

The lesson, stage by stage

  1. Warm up5 min

    Warm-up: What would you do differently?

    2 warm-up questions

  1. Reading10 min

    Reading: The Power of Retrospectives

    Read a 201-word text about The Power of Retrospectives

  2. Vocabulary8 min

    Vocabulary: Retrospective Vocabulary

    7 items

  3. Framework6 min

    Framework: Start-Stop-Continue Framework

    Start-Stop-Continue, 3 steps

  4. Reading10 min

    Reading: A model retro moment — including the rescue

    Read a 243-word text about A model retro moment — including the rescue

  5. Practice7 min

    Practice: Fix the Retro Language

    Error-correction exercise, 4 items

  6. Dialogue10 min

    Dialogue: Running a Retrospective

    Role-play: You're facilitating a sprint retrospective with your team (7 lines)

  7. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: Your mission: the retro that changes something

    3 discussion questions

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Target vocabulary

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retrospectiveaction itemimprovementcelebratebottleneckiteratefeedback loop

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