Reporting Key Metrics

B2 · Upper-intermediate1 hr 7 minStartup EnglishLesson 2 of 8 · Outline

Aims

Goal: report metrics investors trust — absolutes with percentages, negative trends shipped with plans, consistent definitions, and the three-layer churn story.

The lesson, stage by stage

  1. Warm up5 min

    Warm-up: Numbers with nothing to hide

    2 warm-up questions

  1. Reading10 min

    Reading: Reporting Key Metrics

    Read a 238-word text about Reporting Key Metrics

  2. Vocabulary8 min

    Vocabulary: Reporting Metrics Vocabulary

    8 items

  3. Reading10 min

    Reading: A metrics review, answered whole

    Read a 272-word text about A metrics review, answered whole

  4. Practice7 min

    Practice: Practice: Metric Presentation

    Matching exercise, 6 items

  5. Practice7 min

    Practice: Metrics language

    Gap-fill exercise, 6 items

  6. Dialogue10 min

    Dialogue: Role Play: Metrics Discussion

    Role-play: A board member is asking about the metrics you chose to report in your latest investor update and whether you're presenting them in the most useful way. (4 lines)

  7. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: Your metrics, under review

    3 discussion questions

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Target vocabulary

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analytical rigorobscurecherry-pickedchurnleading indicatorsproduct-market fitunit economicsburn rate

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