Number 1 Communication Tip for Work
A video-led lesson on the 'bottom line up front' (BLUF) technique for clear, results-focused workplace communication, ending in a 30-second project update role-play. Suits B1–B2 professionals who give updates to managers or colleagues.
Print-ready A4 PDF · teacher's notes and answer key included
What's inside
- Discussion
- Vocabulary matching
- Multiple-choice listening
- Gap-fill
- Role-play
- Action planning
- Reflection
By the end, learners can
- Identify the main idea and key details in a talk on workplace communication
- Use ten target words and expressions related to clear workplace communication
- Apply the bottom line up front principle to a spoken project update
- Summarise a colleague's main message using active listening
- Plan one way to use BLUF at work in the coming week
Skills: Listening · Speaking · Vocabulary · Writing
Suits: Managers · Project managers
Language practised: Giving a concise status update · Stating the key result first · Reporting risks and next steps · Asking for the bottom line · Summarising and checking understanding · Escalating an issue
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