Infrastructure Discussions

B2 · Upper-intermediate1 hr 13 minIT & TechnologyLesson 5 of 8 · Outline

Aims

Goal: explain an infrastructure problem to a non-technical decision-maker — analogy, business impact, and a costed ask with a deadline — and get the budget.

The lesson, stage by stage

  1. Warm up5 min

    Warm-up: Translate tech into budget

    2 warm-up questions

  1. Reading10 min

    Reading: What the budget-holder is judging

    Read a 214-word text about What the budget-holder is judging

  2. Vocabulary8 min

    Vocabulary: Infrastructure Terms

    6 items

  3. Framework6 min

    Framework: The Translation Pitch

    Problem – Analogy – Impact – Ask, 4 steps

  4. Reading10 min

    Reading: Three model translations

    Read a 324-word text about Three model translations

  5. Practice7 min

    Practice: Infrastructure Language

    Gap-fill exercise, 5 items

  6. Practice7 min

    Practice: Fix the Technical Statements

    Error-correction exercise, 4 items

  7. Dialogue10 min

    Dialogue: Infrastructure Meeting

    Role-play: Discussing infrastructure needs for a new project (6 lines)

  8. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: Win your budget

    3 discussion questions

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Target vocabulary

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serverfirewallload balancerredundancybottleneckcapacity

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