How to Speak Up in a Meeting
A video-led B2 lesson on speaking up in meetings using a facts-story-ask framework, with gist and detail listening, language for breaking in and inviting views, and a role-play where a team member challenges a plan. Suits professionals who hold back in meetings.
Print-ready A4 PDF · teacher's notes and answer key included
What's inside
- Warm-up discussion
- Vocabulary matching
- Video comprehension (multiple choice)
- Transcript gap-fill
- Sentence completion
- Pair discussion
- Role-play
- Action planning
- Reflection
By the end, learners can
- Identify gist and detail in an informal, unscripted video
- Match and use ten words about meetings and confidence
- Use expressions for breaking in and inviting views
- Make a point using the facts-story-ask framework
- Plan how to speak up in a real upcoming meeting
Skills: Listening · Speaking · Vocabulary · Writing
Suits: All professionals
Language practised: Breaking in · Inviting views · Presenting facts before an opinion · Summing up a point concisely · Disagreeing diplomatically
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