Level: Pre-intermediate

Theme: Handle meetings with confidence

Lesson: Organising an event

Lesson description
The topic of this lesson is the staff events. You will:
- take part in a meeting to agree on an action plan
- focus on ways to make suggestions
- learn phrases for asking for and giving opinions
- practise linking your words together when you speak.

Aim
Taking part in the organisation of an event such as an end of year office party

Pronunciation
- linking sounds

Language
- words for meetings
- phrases for making suggestions
- phrases for asking for and giving opinions

Main task
In this lesson the learners take part in a formal meeting so as to organise the staff
party. They need to have an action plan of what is to happen and who is to do
what.

Materials
Handout
IWB
MP3 2.1

Suggested running order

1 Speaking - discuss office parties Handout
2 Vocabulary – words related to meetings Handout
3 Speaking – mini meeting/minute-taking Handout
4 Language – phrases for suggestions, asking Handout
opinions
5 Pronunciation – linking sounds Handout/MP3 2.1
6 Main task - meeting Handout
7 Feedback IWB

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 Level: Pre-intermediate
Theme: Handle meetings with confidence
Lesson: Organising an event

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© British Council

The United Kingdom’s international organisation for educational opportunities and cultural relations. We are registered in England as a charity.
 Level: Pre-intermediate
Theme: Handle meetings with confidence
Lesson: Organising an event

Answers

Speaking

Activity Who
4 hold the meeting chair – senior manager or meeting
. organiser
5 take the meeting minutes minute-taker – secretary or meeting
. organiser
3 send the meeting agenda meeting organiser
.
1 decide on the time and place for the meeting organiser and secretary
. meeting
6 circulate a memo summarising the meeting organiser
. meeting
2 send out meeting invitations meeting organiser
.

1 What’s your opinion, Phillip? A 5 Maybe, but it could be difficult to

. . do.

2 Wouldn’t you agree, Maureen? A 6 What do you think, Johnny? A

. .
3 How about doing this? S 7 Why don’t we go ahead? S
. .
4 How about if we do this? S 8 How do you feel about this? A
. .

Main task
Ss make notes alone or in pairs, then work in groups. Encourage them to use the
language and pronunciation from the lesson.

Tapescript

2.1

1. Do you want to go over that again?

2. I think we might get side-tracked here.
3. Sorry, what did you say?
4. What are they going to do after that?
5. We have to vote on this.
6. I‘m going to have to see a show of hands,
please.
7. If I’d been there, I would’ve said something.
8. We’ve spent enough time on this.
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 Level: Pre-intermediate
Theme: Handle meetings with confidence
Lesson: Organising an event

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© British Council

The United Kingdom’s international organisation for educational opportunities and cultural relations. We are registered in England as a charity.