Boss or Friend?
A B1–B2 mini-debate on whether managers should be friends with their team, with a reading, vocabulary work, pro/con debate, a six-role meeting role-play and an opinion paragraph. Suits intermediate learners who work in or with teams and management.
Print-ready A4 PDF · teacher's notes and answer key included
What's inside
- Warm-up discussion
- Vocabulary matching
- Reading
- Comprehension questions
- Gap-fill
- Odd one out
- Small-group discussion
- Mini-debate
- Role-play
- Opinion paragraph writing
By the end, learners can
- Read and understand a text on management style and workplace boundaries
- Use ten topic words such as morale, favoritism and accountability
- Agree, partly agree and disagree politely in a debate
- Argue for or against a position using persuading language
- Write a short opinion paragraph with a clear opinion, two reasons and an example
Skills: Speaking · Reading · Writing · Vocabulary
Suits: Managers · HR · Team leaders
Language practised: Giving opinions · Agreeing · Partly agreeing · Disagreeing politely · Asking for clarification · Persuading · Summarising and concluding
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