Refining and Practicing

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

Aims

Goal: run the deliver → feedback → fix → redeliver cycle on your real pitch — sharper one-liner, leading number, no jargon, confident close — and a practice habit to keep it improving.

The lesson, stage by stage

  1. Warm up5 min

    Warm-up: The pitch is never finished

    2 warm-up questions

  1. Reading10 min

    Reading: Refining and Practicing

    Read a 318-word text about Refining and Practicing

  2. Vocabulary8 min

    Vocabulary: Refining and Practicing Vocabulary

    8 items

  3. Reading10 min

    Reading: A refinement session, before and after

    Read a 254-word text about A refinement session, before and after

  4. Practice7 min

    Practice: Practice: Refinement Process Steps

    Word-ordering exercise, 5 items

  5. Practice7 min

    Practice: Refinement language

    Gap-fill exercise, 6 items

  6. Dialogue10 min

    Dialogue: Role Play: Getting Feedback from an Accelerator Mentor

    Role-play: You are in an accelerator program and your mentor is helping you refine your pitch through multiple iterations and honest feedback. (4 lines)

  7. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: Your refinement cycle, live

    3 discussion questions

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Target vocabulary

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