Run Better Meetings
A video-led B2 lesson built on Jeff Su's tips for running productive meetings, with gist and detail listening, meeting vocabulary and a pair role-play where colleagues choose a software tool. Suits professionals who organise or take part in team 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 gap-fill
- Pair discussion
- Role-play
- Action planning
- Reflection
By the end, learners can
- Identify the main ideas of a talk on running effective meetings
- Complete a transcript by listening for specific phrases
- Use meeting vocabulary such as action items, buy-in and back on track
- Reach and record a joint decision with a clear next step in a role-play
- Plan how to apply meeting tips at work
Skills: Listening · Speaking · Vocabulary · Writing
Suits: Managers · Team leaders · Project managers
Language practised: Persuading colleagues · Compromising · Bringing a discussion back on track · Assigning action items · Describing past experiences
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