Team & The Ask

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

Aims

Goal: close the pitch — a team slide of specific credentials (and honestly named gaps) plus an ask with amount, use of funds, milestones and runway.

The lesson, stage by stage

  1. Warm up5 min

    Warm-up: The close: team and the ask

    2 warm-up questions

  1. Reading10 min

    Reading: Team & The Ask

    Read a 305-word text about Team & The Ask

  2. Vocabulary8 min

    Vocabulary: Team & The Ask Vocabulary

    8 items

  3. Reading10 min

    Reading: A model team-and-ask close

    Read a 243-word text about A model team-and-ask close

  4. Practice7 min

    Practice: Practice: Team & Ask Mistakes

    Error-correction exercise, 4 items

  5. Practice7 min

    Practice: The close, word by word

    Gap-fill exercise, 6 items

  6. Dialogue10 min

    Dialogue: Role Play: Presenting Your Team and Fundraising Ask

    Role-play: You are presenting the final slides of your pitch—your team's qualifications and your fundraising ask. (4 lines)

  7. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: Your close, live

    3 discussion questions

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Target vocabulary

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domain expertisecomplementarycredibleproactivelyadvisoruse of fundsrunwayARR

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