Avoiding Leading Questions

B1 · Intermediate1 hr 7 minStartup EnglishLesson 4 of 8 · Outline

Aims

Goal: ask neutral questions under pressure — pass the 'could a stranger guess my hoped-for answer?' test, and rephrase any leading question live.

The lesson, stage by stage

  1. Warm up5 min

    Warm-up: Don't lead the witness

    2 warm-up questions

  1. Reading10 min

    Reading: Avoiding Leading Questions

    Read a 354-word text about Avoiding Leading Questions

  2. Vocabulary8 min

    Vocabulary: Neutral Questioning Vocabulary

    8 items

  3. Reading10 min

    Reading: The same interview, twice

    Read a 295-word text about The same interview, twice

  4. Practice7 min

    Practice: Practice: Fixing Leading Questions

    Error-correction exercise, 6 items

  5. Practice7 min

    Practice: Match the leading pattern to why it fails

    Matching exercise, 6 items

  6. Dialogue10 min

    Dialogue: Role Play: Interview Technique Review with Your Mentor

    Role-play: Your mentor is reviewing recordings of your recent customer interviews and pointing out where you asked leading questions. You need to rephrase them. (4 lines)

  7. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: Your mission: the neutrality drill

    3 discussion questions

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Target vocabulary

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leading questionneutral questionconfirmation biassocial desirability biasobjectiveimplyunbiasedfalse validation

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