5 Things You Must Do After Starting a New Job
A two-session B2 practice pack following a video on settling into a new job. Learners practise networking, asking for help, aligning stakeholders, writing recaps and heads-up messages, and documenting wins; it suits new starters and early-career professionals.
Print-ready A4 PDF · teacher's notes and answer key included
What's inside
- Matching
- Role-play
- Rewriting vague requests
- Live help-request with teacher
- Note-taking
- Recap email writing
- Message writing
- Homework wins log
- Reading aloud and reporting back
By the end, learners can
- Identify the right person to approach for a work request
- Conduct a one-to-one coffee chat that uncovers a colleague's KPIs, goals and resources
- Rewrite vague requests for help so they are specific and linked to KPIs
- Persuade a stakeholder before a meeting by outlining the plan, showing the benefit and inviting concerns
- Write a clear recap email and a factual heads-up message to a manager
- Express achievements in confident, evidence-based sentences for a review
Skills: Speaking · Writing · Reading · Vocabulary
Suits: New starters · Managers · Project managers · Sales and customer-facing teams
Language practised: Asking questions to uncover information · Finding common ground and offering goodwill · Making specific requests for help · Outlining a plan and showing benefits · Inviting and responding to concerns · Summarising decisions and assigning action items · Reporting a problem factually without blame · Describing achievements with evidence and crediting others
Pairs with
Lesson 1: 5 Things You Must Do After Starting a New Job →
Teach the lesson first. The pack builds on the video your learner has just watched.
1 · Teach the lesson
Run the video lesson as usual.
2 · Run the pack
Two 60-minute sessions over the following week.
3 · Report back
Open the next lesson with the homework.
Teach it tomorrow.
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