Networking: Business English Role-Plays, Games & Worksheets

Business Networking Worksheet - Vocabulary, Grammar and Reading Exercises: Error Correction, Ordering - Speaking Activity: Role-Play, Freer Practice - Pair Work This comprehensive business networking worksheet helps students practice phrases to greet and introduce themselves and others in professional settings. First, students complete phrasal verbs in networking event extracts with verbs from a box in their correct forms. Students then find mistakes in business greetings and introductions and correct them. Next, students put sentences in the correct order to form a business networking dialogue. After that, in pairs, students write a business networking conversation where two people are meeting for the first time and want to learn about each other's companies and roles. Finally, pairs role-play their networking dialogues to the class. show less

Business Networking Board Game - Vocabulary and Speaking: Gap-fill, Impromptu Speech, Freer Practice - Group Work In this engaging business networking board game, students practice networking vocabulary and talking in response to networking discussion prompts. In groups, players take turns rolling the dice and moving their counter along the board. When a player lands on a square, another student picks up a card and reads out the sentence using the word 'blank' for the business networking word or phrase in bold, e.g. 'At networking events, it's important to BLANK by showing interest in the other person.' The player listens to the sentence, chooses a business networking word or phrase from the game board, and says it aloud to complete the sentence, e.g. engage. If the player says the correct word or phrase shown on the card, they stay on the square. If not, they move their counter back two squares. If a player lands on a 'Talk about...' square, they talk for 30 seconds in response to the networking discussion prompt to remain on the square. The first player to reach the finish wins the game. show less

Business Networking Activity - Vocabulary and Speaking: Gap-fill, Asking and Answering Questions, Controlled and Freer Practice - Group and Pair Work In this insightful networking activity, students complete, ask and answer conversation questions containing networking words and phrases. First, in two groups, students complete conversation questions with networking words or phrases from a box. Next, students pair up with someone from the other group. Students then take turns asking the conversation questions to their partner, who responds accordingly. For the first question in each set, students include the corresponding networking word or phrase in their response. Afterwards, students share what they learned about their partner with the class. show less

Business Networking Game - Vocabulary: Bingo, Matching - Group Work In this free networking vocabulary game, students play bingo by listening to definitions of networking words and phrases and marking the matching terms on their cards. In groups, the bingo caller reads a definition at random from the caller's sheet, e.g. 'Building professional relationships for mutual benefit.' The players listen and look at the networking words and phrases written on their bingo cards to see if they have one that matches the definition, e.g. making connections. If they do, they cross it off. The game continues until a player has crossed off four words or phrases in a row. When this happens, the player shouts 'Bingo!' and then makes a realistic networking sentence with each crossed-off word or phrase to verify their win. If the player makes a mistake in any of the four sentences, they are allowed one chance to fix it. If they correct it, the win counts. If not, the bingo is void, and the game continues. If the sentences are correct and the words or phrases match the definitions, the player wins the round. Players then continue to see who can cross off all 16 networking terms first without making sentences. Groups play several rounds, with students taking turns being the bingo caller and players using a different bingo card each time. show less

Business Networking Role-Play - Speaking Activity: Role-Play, Communicative Practice - Group Work In this useful business networking role-play, students take on the roles of professionals attending a networking event and practice introducing themselves and steering conversations toward a specific, professionally focused topic. First, students prepare for the role-play by completing a character's professional information on a profile card. Students then read a talking point card, which contains a secret business topic they want to talk about, a reason for bringing it up and a question they must answer by the end of the role-play. Students then take on their character roles and circulate within the group, making conversation. Each time they meet someone new, they introduce themselves, chat, and steer the conversation toward their assigned business topic. As the students talk, they try to gather information to help answer the question on their cards. After everyone has spoken to each other, students guess each other's business topics and reasons for bringing them up. Students then reveal their roles and professional goals and give feedback about the questions on their talking point cards. show less

Business Networking Game - Vocabulary: Matching - Group Work This productive business networking game helps students learn practical business networking strategies and responses for handling common networking interactions. In groups, students take turns picking up a question card and reading it aloud to the group, e.g. 'What's a good way to start a conversation at a networking event?' The players then race to find the matching response card on the table and pick it up. The first player to pick up the right card, read the response and hand it to the reader wins and keeps the pair of cards, e.g. 'You could start by asking about their industry or their latest project.' If a player picks up the wrong card, they are out of the round and the other players can answer. The game continues until all the question cards have been matched. The player with the most pairs of cards at the end of the game wins. show less