Degree or Skill? Who Gets the Job?
A mini-debate lesson on whether employers should prioritise degrees or skills when hiring, with reading, vocabulary, a pro/con debate, a hiring policy meeting role-play and an opinion paragraph. Suits B1–B2 professionals interested in careers and recruitment.
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 on degrees versus skills in hiring
- Use ten education-and-hiring vocabulary items in context
- Practise agreeing, partly agreeing and disagreeing politely in discussion
- Argue a pro or con position in a mini-debate
- Write a short, structured opinion paragraph with reasons and an example
Skills: Speaking · Reading · Writing · Vocabulary
Suits: HR · Managers · Recruiters · Training and development
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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