Handling Nervousness

B1 · Intermediate1 hr 7 minStartup EnglishLesson 5 of 8 · Outline

Aims

Goal: manage pitch nerves with a routine and a recovery — preparation that simulates the real thing, box breathing, and the pause-breathe-anchor move for live wobbles.

The lesson, stage by stage

  1. Warm up5 min

    Warm-up: Nerves are part of the job

    2 warm-up questions

  1. Reading10 min

    Reading: Handling Nervousness

    Read a 288-word text about Handling Nervousness

  2. Vocabulary8 min

    Vocabulary: Handling Nervousness Vocabulary

    8 items

  3. Reading10 min

    Reading: The routine and the recovery, modelled

    Read a 249-word text about The routine and the recovery, modelled

  4. Practice7 min

    Practice: Practice: Reframing Nervousness

    Error-correction exercise, 4 items

  5. Practice7 min

    Practice: Anxiety-management language

    Gap-fill exercise, 6 items

  6. Dialogue10 min

    Dialogue: Role Play: Managing Pitch Anxiety

    Role-play: You are talking to a mentor the night before a major investor pitch about managing your nervousness. (4 lines)

  7. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: Your routine, under fire

    3 discussion questions

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Target vocabulary

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