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Debate lesson · Rules & accountability

Business Policy: Same Rules for All?

A B1–B2 mini-debate lesson on whether workplace rules should treat everyone identically or allow flexibility. It combines a reading, vocabulary work, pro/con debate, a policy-meeting role-play and an opinion paragraph, and suits intermediate professionals.

B1–B2Lesson 4760 min

Print-ready A4 PDF · teacher's notes and answer key included

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What's inside

  • Warm-up discussion
  • Vocabulary matching
  • Reading
  • Comprehension questions
  • Gap-fill
  • Odd one out
  • Small-group discussion
  • Debate
  • Role-play
  • Opinion paragraph writing

By the end, learners can

  • Read and understand a text on fairness and workplace policy
  • Use ten topic words on rules and fairness accurately
  • Argue for or against uniform rules in a pro/con debate
  • Agree and disagree politely when discussing a policy
  • Write a short, structured opinion paragraph

Skills: Speaking · Reading · Writing · Vocabulary

Suits: HR · Managers · Team leaders

Language practised: Giving opinions · Agreeing and partly agreeing · Disagreeing politely · Asking for clarification · Persuading · Summarising and concluding · Justifying a group decision

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