General Tips For Efective Meetings
GENERAL TIPS FOR EFECTIVE MEETINGS
Reading Comprehension
Warm-up
Talk about these questions with your teacher.
선생님과 이야기해 보세요.
- Have you ever been in a meeting that could have been replaced by a simple email? What happened?
간단한 이메일로 대체할 수 있었던 회의에 참석한 적이 있나요? 어떤 상황이었나요? - What do you think is the most important thing to prepare before a meeting — an agenda, assigned roles, or clear objectives? Why?
회의 전에 가장 중요하게 준비해야 할 것은 안건, 역할 분담, 명확한 목표 중 무엇이라고 생각하나요? 그 이유는요?
Vocabulary
Listen and repeat after your teacher.
선생님을 따라 읽어보세요.
Reading
Read the passage with your teacher.
선생님과 함께 지문을 읽어보세요.
Reading Comprehension
Meeting Tips Summary
Don't Meet.
Avoid a meeting if the same information could be covered in a memo,
e-mail or brief report.
Set Objectives for the Meeting.
Before planning the agenda, determine the objective of the meeting.
The more concrete your objectives, the more focused your agenda will be.
Provide an Agenda Beforehand.
Your agenda needs to include a one-sentence description of the meeting
objectives, a list of the topics to be covered and a list stating who will address
each topic for how long. Follow the agenda closely during the meeting.
Assign Meeting Preparation.
Give all participants something to prepare for the meeting, and that meeting
will take on a new significance to each group member.
Assign Action Items.
Don't finish any discussion in the meeting without deciding how to act on it.
Examine Your Meeting Process.
Don't leave the meeting without assessing what took place and making
a plan to improve the next meeting.
Korean Trap! / 한국인 실수 교정
Common mistakes Korean speakers make.
한국인이 자주 하는 실수를 알아봅시다.
한국어에서는 회의 후 별도로 업무를 지시하는 문화가 있어서, 영어로도 "나중에 정하자"라고 말하기 쉽습니다. 하지만 영어권 비즈니스 회의에서는 회의가 끝나기 전에 각 안건에 대한 실행 항목(action items)을 반드시 정하는 것이 원칙입니다. "Before we wrap up, let's assign action items"처럼 회의 마무리 단계에서 바로 정리하는 표현을 사용하세요.
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: GENERAL TIPS FOR EFECTIVE MEETINGS
Level: Business (BIZ)
Review this lesson before your next class! / 다음 수업 전에 복습하세요!