Describe a Complex Process

B2 · Upper-intermediate57 minIELTS Test PreparationLesson 7 of 8 · Outline

Aims

Goal: explain a multi-step process or long project for two minutes without sounding like a list - varied sequencing language plus personal reflection.

The lesson, stage by stage

  1. Warm up5 min

    Warm-up: Beyond first, then, next

    2 warm-up questions

  1. Reading10 min

    Reading: Explaining Complex Processes

    Read a 263-word text about Explaining Complex Processes

  2. Vocabulary8 min

    Vocabulary: Process Description Vocabulary

    6 items

  3. Practice7 min

    Practice: Sequencing Expressions

    Matching exercise, 6 items

  4. Practice7 min

    Practice: Process Sentences

    Word-ordering exercise, 5 items

  5. Dialogue10 min

    Dialogue: Complex Process Practice

    Role-play: Practice describing a complex process in Part 2 (4 lines)

  6. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: Your process mission

    3 discussion questions

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Target vocabulary

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