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    1. The document provides guidance for participating effectively in an online meeting, including ensuring your name and camera are on, being in a quiet space, and having notes ready. 2. The lesson will focus on discussing statistical information and participating in a mock meeting to plan improvements at a company. 3. Key skills are speaking and reading, and the language focus is on quantifiers and expressions to describe work problems.

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    1. The document provides guidance for participating effectively in an online meeting, including ensuring your name and camera are on, being in a quiet space, and having notes ready. 2. The lesson will focus on discussing statistical information and participating in a mock meeting to plan improvements at a company. 3. Key skills are speaking and reading, and the language focus is on quantifiers and expressions to describe work problems.

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    Effective Meetings

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    1. The document provides guidance for participating effectively in an online meeting, including ensuring your name and camera are on, being in a quiet space, and having notes ready. 2. The lesson will focus on discussing statistical information and participating in a mock meeting to plan improvements at a company. 3. Key skills are speaking and reading, and the language focus is on quantifiers and expressions to describe work problems.

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    Theme:

    Effective Meetings
    ✓ your name on Zoom is clear (use Latin letters)
    ✓ your camera is on and mic is off (unmute when
    needed)
    ✓ you are in a quiet area that helps you focus
    ✓ you have a notebook or a note app ready to
    take notes

    Ilka X@!

    English Online | www.britishcouncil.org


    Check your audio and video settings Use Annotate when a screen is shared

    Ask questions in the Chat or use


    Reactions
    Share Screen when the teacher asks

    Use Save to make screenshots


    English Online | www.britishcouncil.org
    In this live lesson you will practise discussing statistical information and take part
    in a meeting to plan improvements at work.

    Highlighted skills:
    Speaking (in class) and reading (before and in class)
    Language focus:
    Grammar: quantifiers
    Functional language: expressions to describe work problems

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    Discuss:

    1. What makes you angry?

    2. What sometimes makes you angry when you are:

    on a train? on an air plane? at the cinema? at work?

    3. Do you have any ideas to make these places better?

    People should…..

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    Kids at the cinema
    Misbehaving
    Eating ludly
    Things that happen unplanned
    Accidents, mishaps, disasters
    Things that don’t go according to plan

    Erca doesn’t like being put under pressure

    When the roads are crowded


    Traffic jams /rush hours
    Working from home
    Transport infrastructure
    Bus lanes
    Cycle lanes
    The subway is the best bet
    Delays – When it is too cold – or too hot
    Blankets are too small

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    most

    Do you remember this?


    In pairs, ask and answer the quantity word for each percentage.

    half a quarter three quarters all / every


    nearly all / every no / none hardly any most

    no / none
    half
    100% most 0% 60% 50%

    75% 95% 5% 25%


    a quarter
    three quarters 5% is ……………
    What’s 5%?
    Hardly any

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    Think about your company / university / school / family / city / country and write
    one sentence for any 5 quantity words.

    100% - all/ every 75% - three quarters


    0% - no/ none 95% - nearly all/ every
    60% - most 5% - hardly any
    50% - half 25% - a quarter

    Example:
    Every Malaysian can speak at least 2 languages.

    Discuss your sentences with a partner and share one of your friend’s
    sentences with the whole class.

    English Online | www.britishcouncil.org


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    In groups, you will look at a new company and its problems.

    Suggest some changes and decide on the best three suggestions.


    All managers should change…
    All staff should have…
    Managers and staff should…

    Tell the class what your group has decided.

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    Despite all the problems, the working environment makes people
    content (satisfied)

    Not least the lack of salary


    Some of you saw things differently

    The company can offer incentives to the staff to make up for the salary
    Performance related bonuses

    A clearly defined salary scale

    The KPI for each employee Key Performance Indicators


    This doesn’t cover the additional work and achievements

    Offer a clear pathway for career advancements over a reasonable


    period of time
    The company could invite professionals to train their staff. Continuous
    improvement
    Identifying the underlying problem (root cause of the
    problem)

    They should improve the process of deligation. Hire an


    HR manager to define salary policy

    The company could set performance goals, setting


    targets and clarifying all te procedures

    A Good idea would be to oraganise a team building for all


    the employees

    Doing an asesment about the problem of Project delays

    To at least mitigate against this

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    What have you learned from today’s lesson?

    What did you find interesting/not interesting?

    What did you need more practice with?

    Did you participate fully?

    Did you achieve your aims for this lesson?

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    Complete the Progress activities on the English Online website:

    Book the next lesson in the theme:

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