Pacing and Pauses

B1 · Intermediate1 hr 7 minStartup EnglishLesson 3 of 8 · Outline

Aims

Goal: control pace and use strategic silence — pause-marked delivery that makes your biggest numbers sound as big as they are.

The lesson, stage by stage

  1. Warm up5 min

    Warm-up: Silence as a weapon

    2 warm-up questions

  1. Reading10 min

    Reading: Pacing and Pauses

    Read a 273-word text about Pacing and Pauses

  2. Vocabulary8 min

    Vocabulary: Pacing and Pauses Vocabulary

    8 items

  3. Reading10 min

    Reading: A pause-marked delivery

    Read a 187-word text about A pause-marked delivery

  4. Practice7 min

    Practice: Practice: Strategic Pause Placement

    Word-ordering exercise, 5 items

  5. Practice7 min

    Practice: Pacing language

    Gap-fill exercise, 6 items

  6. Dialogue10 min

    Dialogue: Role Play: Getting Feedback on Pitch Pacing

    Role-play: You have just delivered a practice pitch and your advisor is giving you specific feedback on your pacing and use of pauses. (4 lines)

  7. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: Your numbers, pause-marked

    3 discussion questions

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Target vocabulary

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paceabsorbemphasisanticipationtransitionbeatpunctuationresonate

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