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Teaching meeting skills:
Meeting Essentials 2
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Top
Tips for Business English
by Rosemary
Richey
Activities
> Main article
> Teacher's notes
Successful meetings in English involve special vocabulary.
These activities will help you learn and practise words and phrases you'll
need when chairing or participating in meetings. Use the Macmillan
English Dictionary when completing the exercises.
Activity 1
Read this list of do's and don'ts for having good meetings.
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Meeting etiquette
One of the keys to successful meetings is to practise
good business etiquette. Follow these tips to create a comfortable
and productive atmosphere in meetings with colleagues, clients
or customers.
Don't
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keep people waiting. |
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just be thinking of what you're going to say
next. |
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interrupt. |
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ramble on and dominate the meeting. |
Do
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show basic courtesy by arriving to the
meeting on time. |
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show your good listening skills during the
meeting. Be open-minded by listening to all viewpoints.
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let the other participants speak and
finish what they have to say. Then offer your opinion either
to agree or disagree. |
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be concise and clear in expressing your
ideas. |
Follow these basic tips to enhance the quality
of your meetings in a local or international setting.
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Activity 2
Look up the underlined words from activity 1 in
the dictionary. Write a synonym or short explanation for each.
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etiquette
rules about behaviour in a profession________________________ |
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productive
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to interrupt
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to ramble (on)
_______________________________________________________ |
to dominate
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courtesy
_______________________________________________________ |
open-minded
_______________________________________________________ |
participant
_______________________________________________________ |
concise
_______________________________________________________ |
to enhance
_______________________________________________________ |
Activity 3
Complete these sentences with a word from activity
2. Use the correct form of the word to fit the sentence.
| We've asked ten people to participate
in the meeting. |
| The bank manager runs the meetings in a friendly
and ____________ manner. |
| Her constant _______________ were quite rude and
irritating to others in the meeting. |
| The financial services manager has a ______________
way of talking, which is difficult to understand. |
| Their flexibility and ____________ made the discussions
very enjoyable. |
Activity 4
Put these verbs and phrases under agree or disagree.
Then write a sentence with each to use in a discussion at a meeting.
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to be in agreement
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to be of the same opinion
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to differ
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to go along with
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to object
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to see eye to eye
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to take issue
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agree
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disagree
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to be in agreement
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I'm in agreement
with you on this point.______________________ |
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