💻 Lesson 13 — Agile & Scrum
💻 Lesson 13 — Agile & Scrum
Level: B1+/B2 (English for IT Tester)
🎯 Lesson Goals
By the end of the lesson, the student will be able to:
confidently discuss Agile and Scrum processes;
use key Agile vocabulary naturally;
compare workflows using comparative adjectives;
describe team productivity and sprint performance;
participate in a Scrum meeting simulation.
🟨 1 — WARM-UP
Discussion
Do you work in Agile or Waterfall?
How often do you have meetings?
What makes a team productive?
Have you ever worked on a project with poor communication?
🟩 2 — VOCABULARY
Quick Questions
Who decides what features are most important?
What happens during a retrospective?
What is velocity?
Why is Agile popular?
🟦 3 — VOCABULARY IN CONTEXT
🟪 4 — READING
A Successful Sprint
The QA team works in an Agile environment using Scrum. Every two weeks, they start a new iteration.
During Planning, the Product Owner explains the sprint goal and chooses the highest-priority tasks. The Scrum Master makes sure everyone understands the process and helps solve any problems.
Throughout the sprint, developers and testers work closely together. They communicate every day and quickly fix bugs. At the end of the sprint, the team delivers a stable version of the application.
Finally, everyone joins the Retrospective. They discuss what went well, what could be improved, and how to increase their velocity before the next delivery.
🟨 5 — READING COMPREHENSION
Answer the questions.
Which framework does the team use?
How often do they start a new iteration?
Who explains the sprint goal?
What does the Scrum Master do?
What happens during the retrospective?
Why is communication important?
True or False
🟩 6 — GRAMMAR
Comparative Adjectives
🟦 7 — PRACTICE
🟥 8 — COMPARISON CHALLENGE
Compare the two workflows.
Agile
short iterations
frequent meetings
quick feedback
flexible priorities
Waterfall
one long project
fixed plan
testing at the end
difficult changes
Use:
faster
better
more flexible
easier
more organized
more efficient
🟧 9 — SPEAKING
Discussion
Why is Agile popular in software development?
Which is more difficult: planning or testing?
Is Scrum suitable for every company?
What makes a sprint successful?
Which role is more challenging: Product Owner or Scrum Master?
Is communication more important than technical skills?
What slows a team's velocity?
How can retrospectives improve teamwork?
🟨 10 — CASE STUDY
The Sprint Failed
The team planned 25 tasks.
Only 12 were completed.
There were:
many bugs
unclear requirements
poor communication
missed deadlines
Questions
What went wrong?
What should the Product Owner improve?
What should the Scrum Master do?
How can the team increase velocity?
What would you discuss during the retrospective?
🟥 11 — FINAL TEST
Part A — Vocabulary
Choose the correct answer.
1
Who decides product priorities?
a) Scrum Master
b) Product Owner
c) Tester
2
Which meeting discusses improvements?
a) Planning
b) Delivery
c) Retrospective
3
Velocity measures...
a) bugs
b) completed work
c) meetings
4
Agile is...
a) fixed
b) flexible
c) slow
5
A sprint is another word for...
a) iteration
b) release
c) bug
Part B — Grammar
Choose the correct form.
Agile is ________ than Waterfall.
a) flexible
b) more flexible
c) most flexible
This sprint is ________ than the last one.
a) fast
b) faster
c) fastest
Our delivery is ________ now.
a) better
b) gooder
c) more good
Communication is ________ than before.
a) more efficient
b) efficienter
c) most efficient
This project is ________ than the previous one.
a) more complex
b) complexer
c) most complex
Part C — Speaking
Speak for 3–4 minutes.
Topic:
"How Agile helps my team work more efficiently."
Try to use at least 8 vocabulary words:
Agile
Scrum
Product Owner
Scrum Master
Planning
Goal
Velocity
Iteration
Delivery
Retrospective
and at least 5 comparative adjectives.
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