Speaking

From the greeting into the agenda

Say it. Nothing is recorded.

This speaking turn moves from a short greeting into the agenda. You read the script aloud, then say your own version. Nothing is recorded. There is no microphone and no file. The useful shape is one greeting, then the decisions, each with an owner and a time. Do not spend the turn on the weekend. Do not apologize for your accent. If you forget a date, keep the decision you still have and move. The clock is for the agenda, not for a second hello.

Read the script aloud once. Nothing is recorded. Then give your own version: a short greeting, then three decisions, each with an owner and a time.

Read this aloud

Good morning. This meeting is short, so the greeting stays short. The agenda is three decisions. First, ten minutes: approve or refuse the June price list. I open that item. Second, ten minutes: choose the ship date, May 6 or May 12. Northline owns that item. Third, five minutes: name who writes the follow-up note. We stop at half past. If we are still on item one when its ten minutes end, I will park it and move. Please hold side topics until the close.

A shape that holds

  • Good morning. The greeting stays short.
  • The agenda is three decisions.
  • Name the owner and the minutes for each.
  • Say what happens if an item runs long.

Clock

0:20

1. ShapeWhich turn moves from a greeting into the agenda?
2. ShapeThe greeting is already long. What do you do?
3. DetailWhich line is an agenda item, not a topic?
4. ShapeYou forget the second date. What do you keep?
5. LanguageWhich line is good English?

Answer every question, then check.