Participating in Meetings

B1 · Intermediate1 hr 6 minBusiness EnglishLesson 2 of 10 · Outline

Aims

Goal: make one clear, structured contribution in a meeting using PREP — so your point lands in under 40 seconds and people remember it.

The lesson, stage by stage

  1. Warm up5 min

    Warm-up: Make your voice heard

    2 warm-up questions

  1. Reading10 min

    Reading: What the room is judging

    Read a 141-word text about What the room is judging

  2. Vocabulary8 min

    Vocabulary: Participation Vocabulary

    7 items

  3. Framework6 min

    Framework: PREP Framework for Meetings

    PREP, 4 steps

  4. Reading10 min

    Reading: Three model contributions

    Read a 237-word text about Three model contributions

  5. Practice7 min

    Practice: Fix the Meeting Contributions

    Error-correction exercise, 5 items

  6. Dialogue10 min

    Dialogue: Contributing in a Project Meeting

    Role-play: You're in a team meeting discussing a project timeline. Practice giving your opinion, agreeing, disagreeing politely, and building on ideas. (8 lines)

  7. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: Your mission: one contribution that lands

    3 discussion questions

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Target vocabulary

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