Challenging the Boss
A B1–B2 mini-debate lesson on whether and how employees should challenge their manager, with a reading, vocabulary work, a pro/con debate, a six-role team meeting role-play and a short opinion paragraph. Suits intermediate learners who work in hierarchical teams.
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
- Debate
- Role-play
- Opinion paragraph writing
By the end, learners can
- Read and understand a text about challenging a manager at work
- Use ten topic words on workplace voice and hierarchy
- Disagree and partly agree politely when discussing a decision
- Argue a pro or con position in a mini-debate
- Write a short structured opinion paragraph
Skills: Speaking · Reading · Writing · Vocabulary
Suits: Managers · HR
Language practised: Disagreeing politely · Partly agreeing · Giving opinions · Asking for clarification · Persuading · Summarising and concluding
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