Presenting Ideas with Impact

B1 · Intermediate1 hr 13 minBusiness EnglishLesson 6 of 10 · Outline

Aims

Goal: deliver a one-minute presentation with a hook, clear signposts, and a close people remember — model hooks, a phrase bank, and a complete talk to imitate.

The lesson, stage by stage

  1. Warm up5 min

    Warm-up: One minute that lands

    2 warm-up questions

  1. Reading10 min

    Reading: What your audience is judging

    Read a 182-word text about What your audience is judging

  2. Vocabulary8 min

    Vocabulary: Presentation Vocabulary

    6 items

  3. Framework6 min

    Framework: The Signpost Structure

    The Signpost Structure, 4 steps

  4. Reading10 min

    Reading: Three model hooks — and a complete one-minute talk

    Read a 304-word text about Three model hooks — and a complete one-minute talk

  5. Practice7 min

    Practice: Presentation Phrases

    Gap-fill exercise, 6 items

  6. Practice7 min

    Practice: Build Presentation Sentences

    Word-ordering exercise, 5 items

  7. Dialogue10 min

    Dialogue: Delivering a Short Presentation

    Role-play: You're presenting a project proposal to your team. Practice the key phases of a presentation. (3 lines)

  8. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: Your mission: your one-minute talk

    3 discussion questions

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Target vocabulary

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hooktransitiontakeawayvisual aidcall to actionengaging

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