Agile and Project Meetings

B2 · Upper-intermediate1 hr 7 minIT & TechnologyLesson 3 of 8 · Outline

Aims

Goal: deliver a 30-second standup update — yesterday, today, blockers — so clear the team knows exactly where you are and what you need.

The lesson, stage by stage

  1. Warm up5 min

    Warm-up: Thirty seconds, three questions

    2 warm-up questions

  1. Reading10 min

    Reading: Agile Meeting Communication

    Read a 92-word text about Agile Meeting Communication

  2. Vocabulary8 min

    Vocabulary: Agile Vocabulary

    5 items

  3. Reading10 min

    Reading: Three model standup updates

    Read a 222-word text about Three model standup updates

  4. Practice7 min

    Practice: Agile Terminology

    Gap-fill exercise, 5 items

  5. Practice7 min

    Practice: Match Meeting Phrases

    Matching exercise, 5 items

  6. Dialogue10 min

    Dialogue: Daily Standup

    Role-play: You're giving your daily standup update (6 lines)

  7. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: Your mission: run your standup

    3 discussion questions

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