Asking Good Questions

B1 · Intermediate1 hr 7 minStartup EnglishLesson 2 of 8 · Outline

Aims

Goal: run a broad-to-specific question sequence with 'how' and 'tell me' openers and a three-deep 'why' dig — zero hypothetical or leading questions.

The lesson, stage by stage

  1. Warm up5 min

    Warm-up: Questions that open doors

    2 warm-up questions

  1. Reading10 min

    Reading: Asking Good Questions

    Read a 297-word text about Asking Good Questions

  2. Vocabulary8 min

    Vocabulary: Question-Asking Vocabulary

    8 items

  3. Reading10 min

    Reading: A model question sequence

    Read a 267-word text about A model question sequence

  4. Practice7 min

    Practice: Practice: Question Types

    Matching exercise, 8 items

  5. Practice7 min

    Practice: Practice: question-craft vocabulary

    Gap-fill exercise, 6 items

  6. Dialogue10 min

    Dialogue: Role Play: Refining Your Interview Questions

    Role-play: You are practicing your customer discovery questions with an experienced mentor who is helping you sharpen your interviewing technique. (4 lines)

  7. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: Your mission: the upgraded interview

    3 discussion questions

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Target vocabulary

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open-ended questionprobing questionbehavioral questionhypothetical questionleading questioncontext questionroot causewalk me through

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