Conference Introductions

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

Aims

Goal: a 60–90 second conference introduction — context acknowledged first, one credibility metric, and a specific ask matched to investor, customer or advisor.

The lesson, stage by stage

  1. Warm up5 min

    Warm-up: The corridor introduction

    2 warm-up questions

  1. Reading10 min

    Reading: Conference Introductions

    Read a 296-word text about Conference Introductions

  2. Vocabulary8 min

    Vocabulary: Conference Introductions Vocabulary

    8 items

  3. Reading10 min

    Reading: Two model conference introductions

    Read a 265-word text about Two model conference introductions

  4. Practice7 min

    Practice: Practice: Improving Conference Pitches

    Error-correction exercise, 4 items

  5. Practice7 min

    Practice: Conference language

    Gap-fill exercise, 6 items

  6. Dialogue10 min

    Dialogue: Role Play: Introducing Yourself at a Tech Conference

    Role-play: You are at a major tech conference and find yourself in conversation with other attendees during a networking break. (4 lines)

  7. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: Your conference corridor, live

    3 discussion questions

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Target vocabulary

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purposefulcredibilityrelevanceacknowledgepersonalizedsubstantialdomain expertisevague

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