Remote Team Communication

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

Aims

Goal: write and say remote-team messages that work across time zones — context first, an explicit request, and a deadline the reader can't misread.

The lesson, stage by stage

  1. Warm up5 min

    Warm-up: The message they read while you sleep

    2 warm-up questions

  1. Reading10 min

    Reading: Mastering Remote Communication

    Read a 224-word text about Mastering Remote Communication

  2. Vocabulary8 min

    Vocabulary: Remote Work Vocabulary

    7 items

  3. Reading10 min

    Reading: Three model messages

    Read a 315-word text about Three model messages

  4. Practice7 min

    Practice: Match the Communication Method

    Matching exercise, 5 items

  5. Practice7 min

    Practice: Build Remote Communication Sentences

    Word-ordering exercise, 5 items

  6. Dialogue10 min

    Dialogue: Navigating Remote Team Communication

    Role-play: You're coordinating with a remote colleague in a different time zone to solve an issue (6 lines)

  7. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: Your mission: the perfect handover

    3 discussion questions

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Target vocabulary

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