Meeting Request Emails

B1 · Intermediate1 hr 7 minStartup EnglishLesson 6 of 8 · Outline

Aims

Goal: meeting requests that get a one-word yes — concrete slots with timezone, format and duration upfront, an agenda tied to the investor's interests, and dated recoveries for conflicts.

The lesson, stage by stage

  1. Warm up5 min

    Warm-up: Make yes the easy answer

    2 warm-up questions

  1. Reading10 min

    Reading: Meeting Request Emails

    Read a 229-word text about Meeting Request Emails

  2. Vocabulary8 min

    Vocabulary: Meeting Request Vocabulary

    8 items

  3. Reading10 min

    Reading: The meeting request, written whole

    Read a 275-word text about The meeting request, written whole

  4. Practice7 min

    Practice: Practice: Meeting Request Language

    Gap-fill exercise, 5 items

  5. Practice7 min

    Practice: Frictionless or friction?

    Matching exercise, 6 items

  6. Dialogue10 min

    Dialogue: Role Play: Crafting a Meeting Request

    Role-play: Your advisor is helping you write an email requesting a formal meeting with an investor who expressed initial interest at a networking event. (4 lines)

  7. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: Your scheduling email, live

    3 discussion questions

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Target vocabulary

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acknowledgingconcretefrictionlesstimezonelogisticsupfrontconflictflexibility

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