Free C1 (Advanced) ESL lesson plan — 45 minutes of speaking activities, conversation questions and Chairing and Facilitation Language grammar practice for online English classes. Student can effectively chair meetings using sophisticated facilitation language and diplomatic conflict resolution techniques.

C1⏱ 45 min

Mastering Meeting Leadership

🎯 Goal: Student can effectively chair meetings using sophisticated facilitation language and diplomatic conflict resolution techniques

📐 Chairing and Facilitation Language

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#meetings#leadership#facilitation

📋 Prep view— read through and plan below. Teaching happens in

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🎯 Click hotspots to explore vocabulary in context

Let's talk about running meetings before we dive in. I'm curious how you handle a room full of people with different agendas.

“What's the most frustrating thing that can happen when someone chairs a meeting badly?”

“Do you think reaching consensus is always the best goal, or is a strong decision sometimes better?”

“If you could ban one type of behaviour that derails discussions, what would it be?”

“Would you rather chair a tense meeting or quietly attend one?”

“Imagine a meeting hits a total impasse — how would you personally break it?”

Fresh topic questions — none repeat until you have seen them all

🎲 Speaking Activity 1

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Would You Rather

Choose one option and justify it out loud using the lesson vocabulary.

6 minutes

🗣️ “I would rather ... because ...”

Would you rather chair a meeting that always reaches consensus but takes hours, or one that ends in ten minutes with no agreement?

🎲 Speaking Activity 2

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What Would Happen If...?

Speculate about each scenario. Think about consequences in two different areas, like work and your team's morale.

6 minutes

🗣️ “If that happened, I think...”

🌀 IMAGINE… #1

What would happen if every meeting in your company had no chairperson at all?

Speculate freely — there is no wrong answer.

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Mastering Meeting Leadership

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