Doing the Scary Thing

B1 · Intermediate1 hr 3 minCareer DevelopmentLesson 5 of 5 · Outline

Aims

Ask for the raise, the promotion or the opportunity, and build your own stretch-challenge plan

The lesson, stage by stage

  1. Warm up5 min

    Warm-up: Ask For What You Want

    3 warm-up questions

  1. Reading10 min

    Reading: The Worst That Can Happen

    Read a 269-word text about The Worst That Can Happen

  2. Vocabulary8 min

    Vocabulary: Asking For What You Want

    9 items

  3. Framework6 min

    Framework: Evidence, Ask, Openness

    Evidence – Ask – Openness, 3 steps

  4. Practice7 min

    Practice: Reflection and Request Language

    Gap-fill exercise, 8 items

  5. Practice7 min

    Practice: Tidy Up the Ask

    Error-correction exercise, 6 items

  6. Dialogue10 min

    Dialogue: The Conversation You've Been Avoiding

    Role-play: Twenty minutes with your manager, booked by you (4 lines)

  7. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: Looking Back, Looking Forward

    4 discussion questions

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Target vocabulary

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a raisepromotionmake a case forevidencevolunteer (verb)put yourself forwardworst-caseback downfollow up

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