IELTS Speaking Free Lesson: MEETINGS Flashcards
Here is some useful vocabulary for this topic
To meet someone
To have a meeting (formal)
To hold / call / schedule a meeting (formal and you organise)
To attend a meeting
To meet up (informal - with friends or colleagues)
To get together (informal - with friends/family/colleagues)
To have a get-together = family and friends gathering for a dinner / a party
Let’s meet up with your family for a meal on Friday and then we can get together with my family the following day.
Drone on and on
Mundane meeting if the organizer drones on and on
سخنرانی سرسام آور و طولانی کردن درباره
Fill in the blanks
1) Can we meet … on Tuesday at 4 p.m?
up / again / you
2) We need to … the agenda for this meeting
arrange / discuss / set / fix / decide / prepare
Phrases
To touch base with someone = to meet and get up to date
با کسی حرف زدن
To catch up with someone = to get the latest new
If you are organizing a meeting at work you can say
to hold a meeting
to call a meeting
to host a meeting
to set up a meeting
to schedule a meeting
to attend a meeting = to go to a meeting as a participant
What makes a successful meeting?
Here are some ideas on what can make a meeting a successful one:
* Having a clear purpose / goal / outcome
* Have a result-oriented (some meetings need results)
* Setting the ground rules (basic rules) اصول اولیه
* Good time management
* getting everyone involved
* Listening carefully
* Being participative
* Working as a team
* Stick to the agenda
* Having a well organised and enthusiastic chair (person) - smiling, good mood, good attitude
* Having a clear and shared agenda (=plan)
Find more guidelines and useful language about running an effective meeting here:
https://www.mindtools.com/CommSkll/RunningMeetings.htm
How can be a meeting?
Productive or useless meeting
Useful language and collocations for meeting
Welcome everybody. I circulated the agenda (=to share) the other day, but a quick recap (summary), the goal of today’s meeting is to decide when the product launch meeting will be, and everyone’s role in that launch.
For new members of the team, some houskeeping first. The toilets are on the 2nd floor, we will be having lunch together after this meeting in Lucky Star Cafe’. Can I also just set some ground rules, please no eating in the meetin, and __feel free__ to chip in with any questions as we go along. No need to wait till the end.
Jack will take minutes (=take notes) and also be our timekeeper, and I am the chair.
Circulated the agenda
quick recap
* take notes
* some houskeeping first
* Set some ground rules
* Kick off
* Chip in with : contribute مشارکت در بحث های جلسه
* A chair (n) = a person who manage a meeting
* To chair (v) = to manage a meeting
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Housekeeping in the meeting ir organization of the physical place (برنام
When it comes to running a good meeting, organisation is important - here are the phrases you need to know:
- To set an agenda
- To follow the items on the agenda
- To stick to the agenda = follow
- To chair a meeting = to organise the discussion
- To take the minutes = to take official notes
- To jot down some notes = take informal notes
- Save your questions (keep) to the end
- Chip in with your questions (ideas) any time
- Chime in any time with your questions
Ex:Meetings are far more engaging when the participants are encouraged to chip in.
Chip in with ~ chime in with = contribute
Idioms to talk about meetings
To begin a meeting we can say
- Let’s get the ball rolling (Let’s start)
- Let’s kick off
- Let’s get down to business
- It’s time to roll up our sleeves
آستین همت را بالا زدن
آماده کار یا جنگ شدن
- (امریکا - عامیانه) شروع به کار یا فعالیت کردن، ادامه دادن
- Roll up your sleeves: آستیناتو بده بالا
To keep people focused we can say:
Don’t beat around the bush (=ramble),
please get to the point
درباره چیزای بی ربط صحبت کردن، حاشیه رفتن
To beat around / about the bush:
To be indirect = To go around the houses
**To ge to the point **= To be direct (in your speech)
**Let’s get down to brass tacks **= to get to the point
When it comes to working as a team we can say,
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Put your heads together = to work together
puchyour heads.. - Work hand in hand = collaborate
- Two heads are better than one = teamwork is a good thing
- We are on the same page = we agree
- We see eye to eye = we agree
Put your heads together to think out the extraordinary initiatives
When it comes to end up a meeting we can say
Wind Up:
Let’ wind up the meeting
وایند آپ
Let’s wrap up the meeting
Let’s call it a day: (no object)
دست از کار کشیدن (و به فردا موکول کردن بقیه ی کار)
Adjectives to describe meetings
When a meeting is good and with a positive outcome, we can say:
Successful
Valuable = very useful
Fruitful = benefcial (with a good outcome/result)
Productive
Constructive
When a meeting doesn’t go well and doesn’t have a good outcome, we can say,
Difficult = hard work and no clear result (maybe due to personality clashes, disagreements)
Stormy = very difficult
Fruitless = no result
Inconclusive = no conclusion
Pointless = without meaning
Ramble ~ to talk without goal
