Presenting Financial Results

B2 · Upper-intermediate1 hr 13 minBusiness EnglishLesson 6 of 8 · Outline

Aims

Goal: open a results presentation with a 60-second summary leadership remembers — verdict first, three numbers, the main driver, and the outlook.

The lesson, stage by stage

  1. Warm up5 min

    Warm-up: The opening minute

    2 warm-up questions

  1. Reading10 min

    Reading: What the room is judging in the first minute

    Read a 163-word text about What the room is judging in the first minute

  2. Vocabulary8 min

    Vocabulary: Financial Presentation Vocabulary

    6 items

  3. Framework6 min

    Framework: The 60-Second Summary

    The 60-Second Summary, 4 steps

  4. Reading10 min

    Reading: Three model summaries

    Read a 394-word text about Three model summaries

  5. Practice7 min

    Practice: Financial Presentation Phrases

    Gap-fill exercise, 5 items

  6. Practice7 min

    Practice: Match Presentation Phrases

    Matching exercise, 6 items

  7. Dialogue10 min

    Dialogue: Quarterly Review Presentation

    Role-play: You're presenting your team's quarterly financial results to the board of directors. (3 lines)

  8. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: Your mission: deliver the minute

    3 discussion questions

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Target vocabulary

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outlookyear-to-date (YTD)breakevenvarianceallocationbottom line

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