Handling Demo Failures

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

Aims

Goal: recover from a live demo failure in under 20 seconds — acknowledge, switch to backup, keep momentum — then send the follow-up that turns failure into trust.

The lesson, stage by stage

  1. Warm up5 min

    Warm-up: When the demo breaks

    2 warm-up questions

  1. Reading10 min

    Reading: Handling Demo Failures

    Read a 267-word text about Handling Demo Failures

  2. Vocabulary8 min

    Vocabulary: Handling Demo Failures Vocabulary

    8 items

  3. Reading10 min

    Reading: A model recovery, start to finish

    Read a 333-word text about A model recovery, start to finish

  4. Practice7 min

    Practice: Practice: recovery language

    Gap-fill exercise, 6 items

  5. Practice7 min

    Practice: Match the failure to the right response

    Matching exercise, 6 items

  6. Dialogue10 min

    Dialogue: Practice: Responding to Demo Failures

    Role-play: Your product demo just crashed in front of an important investor. Practice how to respond professionally. (4 lines)

  7. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: Your mission: break it on purpose

    3 discussion questions

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Target vocabulary

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