Business English: Chairing a Meeting
Chairing a meeting is the B2 leadership-language skill that turns a discussion into a productive session. The worksheet covers the chair’s standard moves: opening the meeting (Right, shall we get started?), setting the agenda (We’ve got four items today), managing turn-taking (Sarah, what’s your view?), keeping focus (Let’s come back to that — can we move on?), summarising decisions (So we’ve agreed that), and closing (Same time next week). Learners build the meeting-leadership fluency that professional contexts require.
This worksheet builds B2 fluency with meeting-chair language.
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What’s inside:
- A phrase bank organised by chair function
- Meeting-transcript analysis: identify the chair’s structural moves
- Role-play scenarios: chair a 15-minute meeting on a workplace topic
- Self-assessment checklist for meeting-chair performance
- Full Answer Key plus Teacher Notes
Common challenges: Time-management language at B2 — We’re running short on time, let’s wrap this up, in the interest of time. Polite turn-management: Let me hear from someone who hasn’t spoken yet. Decision-summarising: So just to be clear, we’ve decided to X by Y.
For: Adult and teenage learners (14+) at CEFR B2, in upper-intermediate classes, 1:1 lessons, or self-study — particularly managers and team leaders. Maps onto BEC Vantage and BEC Higher. Part of the Meetings & Presentations collection — the natural next step is Presenting: Structure and Phrases.
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