Sharing Information Effectively

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TL;DR

A B2 business English lesson covering six core phrasal verbs for sharing updates, gathering facts, clarifying details, and staying connected at work.

This module targets six B2 phrasal verbs essential for workplace communication, client relations, and team updates across European professional settings. The session combines structured practice with natural output activities to ensure learners can confidently forward, research, clarify, and verify information in spoken and written contexts.

The student link contains a listening task and the transcript, and a new interactive task. They can be assigned before class for a flipped class, or as additional homework practice.

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Scenario Background: Mateo and Anke are reviewing a project presentation before a meeting with client managers in Berlin.

 

Mateo: Have you had time to read up on the new compliance regulations for the German market yet?

Anke: Yes. I spent an hour reviewing the official documentation yesterday. I need to spell out the operational changes very clearly during our presentation so the client fully understands the impact on their business model.

Mateo: That sounds wise. We should also make sure we back up our recommendations with market research data so there is no ambiguity.

Anke: Absolutely. I’ll pass along the final deck to the strategy team first, so they can verify our numbers.

Mateo: Good idea. Let’s catch up briefly after lunch to review their feedback before the client call.

Anke: Perfect. I will follow up with the client afterwards to confirm our afternoon schedule and send the summary notes.