Planning an Event

B1 – Intermediate

Working with a group of people can be both challenging and advantageous. Some prefer to work by themselves while others think sharing responsibilities could be the fastest way to get the job done.

In this lesson, you will find how the team managed to delegate each task effectively in order to plan an event.

https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/skills/reading/intermediate-b1/planning-an-event

Vocabulary Questions:

  1. Give 1-2 synonyms of “organise“. Use them in your own sentences.
  2. What is an “emcee“? Use this word in your own sentence.
  3. What does “book” mean in this sentence, “I can do that if someone books the speakers.”? Use this word in your own sentence.

Discussion Questions:

  1. If you were part of this team, which task/s do you think you would prefer to do and why?
  2. Talk about a time when you had to organize/plan an event.
  3. What are some rewards and challenges of planning an event?
  4. How are tasks usually divided in your project teams?
  5. Why is delegating tasks important?
  6. Do you prefer to work by yourself or with others? Why?
  7. What are your thoughts on this, “Democratic leadership is one of the most popular leadership styles because it involves input from the entire team and fosters employees’ sense of ownership in their work.”?
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4 replies on “Planning an Event”

How are tasks usually divided in your project teams?
We have distinct types of task depend on the role. So each role has a list of to do tasks and everyday we meet and say what task we are with. when we finish we take the next one of my type.
Why is it important to be prepared before the meeting?
Beacuse you can prepare your ideas for being share in the meeting. This makes more efficient the meeting.
Do you prefer to work – by yourself or with others? Why?
I prefer work with other because you can learn more than working alone. You can help to your workmates and at the same time you receive help from them.
How do you handle conflict in the workplace?
I try to be flexible and patient. I try to be in an open-mind attitude so that the other person can relax himself.
Talk about a time when you had to organize/plan an event.

Well done answering your lesson’s discussion questions.

See another way to write this sentence:

I prefer work with other because you can learn more than working alone.

I prefer working with other people because you can learn doing that more than working alone.

Continue practicing to improve your writing more.

1. How are tasks usually divided in your project teams?
The project manager decides what tasks and who have to do everyone of them

2. Why is it important to be prepared before the meeting?
Because the team can maximize the time available in the meeting.
Brainstorming can be more advantageous.

3.Do you prefer to work – by yourself or with others? Why?
I prefer to work with other because this allows to study differents options and to have more opinions to get better results

4.How do you handle conflict in the workplace?
I’m not a conflicted person, I like thinking about that before arguing with someone.

5.Talk about a time when you had to organize/plan an event.
I never have planned an event at work but, several times, I have worked in a group. The boss organized our tasks after a brainstorming.

It’s a good thing that you keep being consistent with your writing practice. Bravo!

See how you can better construct this sentence:

The project manager decides what tasks and who have to do everyone of them

The project manager decides what the tasks are and who has to do every one of them.

Until your next entry!

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