Remote Team Communication
Aims
Goal: write an async decision request — context, options, recommendation, time-zone-aware deadline — so the reader can act without asking anything back.
The lesson, stage by stage
- Warm up5 min
Warm-up: Write it so they can act on it
2 warm-up questions
- Reading10 min
Reading: Mastering Distributed Work
Read a 322-word text about Mastering Distributed Work
- Vocabulary8 min
Vocabulary: Remote Communication Vocabulary
8 items
- Reading10 min
Reading: Model messages for remote teams
Read a 340-word text about Model messages for remote teams
- Practice7 min
Practice: Practice: Arrange Remote Work Sentences
Word-ordering exercise, 5 items
- Practice7 min
Practice: Practice: remote-team vocabulary
Gap-fill exercise, 6 items
- Practice7 min
Practice: Sync or async? Match the situation to the channel
Matching exercise, 6 items
- Dialogue10 min
Dialogue: Role Play: Running a Virtual Check-In
Role-play: You are conducting a regular virtual check-in with a remote team member to discuss their work, wellbeing, and any challenges they're facing. (4 lines)
- Discussion10 min
Discussion: Your mission: unblock yourself in writing
3 discussion questions
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Target vocabulary
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