Introducing The Agenda
INTRODUCING THE AGENDA
Grammar Pattern
Warm-up
Talk about these questions with your teacher.
선생님과 이야기해 보세요.
- When you attend a meeting at work, does someone usually introduce the agenda at the beginning? How is it typically done?
직장에서 회의에 참석할 때, 보통 누군가가 처음에 안건을 소개하나요? 주로 어떤 방식으로 진행되나요? - Do you think it is important to assign roles — such as a note-taker or timekeeper — before a meeting starts? Why or why not?
회의를 시작하기 전에 기록 담당자나 시간 관리자 같은 역할을 정하는 것이 중요하다고 생각하나요? 그 이유는 무엇인가요?
Vocabulary
Listen and repeat after your teacher.
선생님을 따라 읽어보세요.
Reading
Read the passage with your teacher.
선생님과 함께 지문을 읽어보세요.
Grammar Pattern
INTRODUCING THE AGENDA
Have you all received a copy of the agenda?
There are X items on the agenda. First, ... second, ... third, ... lastly, ...
Shall we take the points in this order?
If you don't mind, I'd like to go in order today.
skip item 1 and move on to item 3
I suggest we take item 2 last.
Allocating Roles (secretary, participants)
(name of participant) has agreed to take the minutes.
(name of participant), would you mind taking the minutes?
(name of participant) has kindly agreed to give us a report on ...
(name of participant) will lead point 1, (name of participant) point 2, and (name of participant) point 3.
(name of participant), would you mind taking notes today?
Agreeing on the Ground Rules for the Meeting (contributions, timing, decision- making, etc.)
We will first hear a short report on each point first, followed by a discussion of ...
I suggest we go round the table first.
Let's make sure we finish by ...
I'd suggest we ...
There will be five minutes for each item.
We'll have to keep each item to 15 minutes. Otherwise we'll never get through.
Korean Trap! / 한국인 실수 교정
Common mistakes Korean speakers make.
한국인이 자주 하는 실수를 알아봅시다.
한국어로 '안건을 말씀드리겠습니다'를 직역하면 "tell the agenda"라고 하기 쉽지만, 영어에서는 부자연스럽습니다. 회의에서 안건을 소개할 때는 "go over the agenda" 또는 "run through the agenda"라는 표현을 사용합니다. "Tell"은 사람에게 정보를 전달할 때 쓰는 동사이므로 agenda와 함께 쓰면 어색합니다.
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: INTRODUCING THE AGENDA
Level: Business (BIZ)
Review this lesson before your next class! / 다음 수업 전에 복습하세요!