Driving the Discussion
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A B2 lesson teaching six essential phrasal verbs for guiding meetings, introducing ideas and summarising discussions.
This B2 lesson equips adult professionals with vocabulary to effectively manage and contribute to workplace discussions. Learners practise introducing topics, summarising points and driving the agenda forward in a realistic European corporate setting.
There is also an interactive student page which can extend the lesson material. It can be used as either pre-class or a review material.
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Scenario background: A regional sales team based in Milan is having their monthly catch-up call.
Lucia: Right, everyone’s here. Let’s get on with the meeting so we finish on time.
Matteo: Before we start the main presentation, I want to bring up the new pricing structure. Some clients are unhappy.
Lucia: Thanks Matteo. We can touch on that briefly right now, but we need a separate meeting for a full discussion. … Did anyone else turn up late to the client event yesterday?
Clara: No. Almost everyone arrived early. However, we need to come up with a better solution for registration next year. The queues were too long.
Lucia: Good point Clara. Let us think about that next week. To sum up, we will schedule a pricing meeting and review the event feedback later. Now, let us look at this month’s figures.
