Networking Rules!
ESL Lesson PlansNetworking Rules!

Networking Rules!

This ESL lesson plan focuses on building speaking, vocabulary, and listening skills essential for professional networking. Through engaging group activities, students will explore communication rules, match vocabulary to definitions, and analyze tips from a video. The lesson includes pair discussions, gap-fill exercises, and practical strategies for creating genuine connections. Perfect for improving confidence and fluency in workplace interactions!

Skills

  • Can follow in outline straightforward short talks on familiar topics, provided these are delivered in clearly articulated standard language or a familiar variety.
  • Can briefly give reasons and explanations for opinions, plans and actions.
Online Interactive
Based on CEFR
Fully Customizable
1

Warm-up

In groups, brainstorm possible rules for successful communication at a networking event. Consider aspects such as body language, topics for discussion and phrases to initiate conversation.
2

Share your opinion on this quote. Do you agree with it? Why / why not?

3

Match the words with their definitions.

4

Watch the video and mark the statements as True or False. Summarize all the tips from the video.

5

Answer the questions in pairs.

6

Fill in the gaps with the missing words and phrases

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