People of various ethnicities in a business meeting

Meetings 1: Getting down to business

Topic: Meetings and getting down to business

Level: Intermediate (B2) and above

Aims:

  • To discuss the importance and drawbacks of small talk at meetings.
  • To teach some useful phrases for small talk.
  • To teach some useful phrases for starting a meeting.
  • To provide practice and feedback of the situation of starting a meeting.

Plan components

Lesson plan: download
Worksheets: download

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Very interesting lesson and fun to do. Very positive! Thanks for sharing!

Thank you so much for the material you have shared.

But The Meeting Cost Clock link is not working ((((