Writing Meeting Minutes & Follow-Up Notes
ESL Lesson PlansWriting Meeting Minutes & Follow-Up Notes

Writing Meeting Minutes & Follow-Up Notes

This ESL lesson plan focuses on business English skills, specifically writing clear, structured meeting minutes and follow-up notes. In this individual lesson designed for B2-C1 learners, students will explore the essential components of meeting minutes, practice summarizing discussions, and propose next steps.

Skills

  • Can summarize the point reached at a particular stage in a discussion and propose the next steps.
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1

What are "meeting minutes"?

Meeting minutes are written records of what was discussed and decided during a meeting.
2

Discuss these following questions.

3

Read the dialogue from a marketing meeting.

4

Answer the following questions about the most important parts of the meeting.

5

Select sentences or phrases from the GlobalTech Corp meeting that illustrate each of the following guidelines on how to write meeting minutes.

6

Watch the video and choose the best summary.

7

Write meeting minutes based on the video and include follow-up notes proposing the next steps.

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