Chairing And Leading Discussion
CHAIRING AND LEADING DISCUSSION
Grammar Pattern
Warm-up
Talk about these questions with your teacher.
선생님과 이야기해 보세요.
- Have you ever chaired or led a meeting at work? What was the most challenging part about keeping the discussion on track?
직장에서 회의를 진행하거나 이끌어 본 적이 있나요? 논의가 주제에서 벗어나지 않게 하는 것 중 가장 어려웠던 점은 무엇이었나요? - When a meeting goes off-topic, how do you think a chairperson should politely bring the discussion back to the agenda?
회의가 주제에서 벗어날 때, 의장은 어떻게 공손하게 다시 안건으로 돌아오게 해야 한다고 생각하나요?
Vocabulary
Listen and repeat after your teacher.
선생님을 따라 읽어보세요.
Reading
Read the passage with your teacher.
선생님과 함께 지문을 읽어보세요.
Grammar Pattern
OPENING THE MEETING
Thank you for coming…
(It’s ten o’clock). Let’s start…
We’re received apologies from…
Any comments on our previous meeting?
INTRODUCING THE AGENDA
You’ve all seen the agenda…
On the agenda, you’ll see there are three items.
There is one main item to discuss…
STATING OBJECTIVES
We’re here today to hear about plans for.
Our objective is to discuss different ideas…
What we want to do today is to reach a decision…
INTRODUCING DISCUSSION
The background to the problem is…
The issue is about…
The point we have to understand is…
CALLING ON A SPEAKER
I’d like to ask Mary to tell us about…
Can we hear from Mr. Son on this?
I know that you’ve prepared a statement on your Department’s views…
CONTROLLING THE MEETING
Sorry Hans, can we let Charis finish?
Er, Henry, we can’t talk about that.
SUMMARIZING
So, what you’re saying is…
Can I summarize that? You mean…
So, the main point is…
MOVING THE DISCUSSION ON
Can we go on to think about…
Let’s move on the next point.
CLOSING THE MEETING
I think we’ve covered everything.
So, we’ve decided…
I think we can close the meeting now.
That’s it. The next meeting will be…
Korean Trap! / 한국인 실수 교정
Common mistakes Korean speakers make.
한국인이 자주 하는 실수를 알아봅시다.
한국어에서는 "오늘 안건은 세 가지입니다"처럼 주어+숫자로 간단히 말하지만, 영어에서는 "There are three items on the agenda"처럼 존재 구문을 사용하는 것이 자연스럽습니다. 또한 'today'는 소유격 'today's'로 써야 "오늘의"라는 의미가 정확히 전달됩니다.
Discussion
Share your thoughts with your teacher.
선생님과 의견을 나눠보세요.
- How would you apply what you learned today?
오늘 배운 것을 어떻게 활용하시겠어요? - What was the most useful part of this lesson?
이 수업에서 가장 유용한 부분은 무엇이었나요? - Can you think of a real situation where you would use this?
이것을 사용할 실제 상황을 생각해 볼 수 있나요? - What would you like to practice more?
더 연습하고 싶은 것은 무엇인가요?
Lesson Summary / 수업 요약
Today's Topic: CHAIRING AND LEADING DISCUSSION
Level: Business (BIZ)
Review this lesson before your next class! / 다음 수업 전에 복습하세요!