ID de réservation
17920750
Quand ?
11th August 2025
Horaire ?
10:00am - 11:00am
Notes
PLANNING AND PREPARING FOR BUSINESS MEETINGS
BUSINESS SITUATIONS:
Organising and leading professional meetings, scheduling with colleagues, preparing agendas, and managing follow-ups.
SUBJECT OR TOPIC:
Planning and preparing for effective business meetings, including structure, language, and etiquette.
LANGUAGE FUNCTIONS:
We covered exercises on making arrangements and scheduling, confirming attendance, leading and closing meetings, and summarising and assigning tasks.
UNITS:
Meeting types and objectives
Agenda creation
Invitations and confirmations
Vocabulary :
Agenda - A list of topics or items to be discussed during a meeting.
Facilitator - The person who guides the meeting, keeps it on track, and encourages participation.
Minutes - A written record of what was discussed and decided during a meeting.
Action Items - Specific tasks assigned to individuals to complete after the meeting.
Time Slot - A scheduled period reserved for a meeting or activity.
Reschedule - To change the time or date of a planned meeting.
PHRASES / EXPRESSIONS:
Let’s schedule a meeting for…
Can you confirm your availability?
Please find the agenda attached.
GRAMMAR:
Modal verbs for polite requests (could, would, might)
Future forms for planning (will, going to)
PRONUNCIATION:
Intonation in polite requests
Clear articulation of times and dates
Stress patterns in key phrases
OTHER:
Cultural considerations in meetings
Using technology (Zoom, Teams)
PROGRESS:
Maia demonstrated a strong understanding of meeting vocabulary and used polite expressions effectively
FEEDBACK:
Maia’s language was professional and clear. She responded well to corrections and asked thoughtful questions. Next time, we’ll focus more on follow-up emails and summarising meeting outcomes.
HOMEWORK:
For homework, I will send you a link where you can listen to the podcast and complete the exercises. Then, in our next lesson, we can review it together.