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Debate lesson · Management & productivity

Employee Monitoring in the Workplace

A B1–B2 mini-debate lesson on workplace employee monitoring, combining a reading, vocabulary work, pro/con debate, a group role-play and a short opinion paragraph. Suits professionals who discuss workplace policy, privacy and productivity.

B1–B2Lesson 160 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
  • Group discussion
  • Debate
  • Role-play
  • Opinion paragraph writing

By the end, learners can

  • Read and understand a text on workplace monitoring
  • Use ten topic words relating to monitoring, privacy and policy
  • Argue for or against monitoring using reasons and examples
  • Agree, disagree and ask for clarification politely
  • Write a short structured opinion paragraph

Skills: Speaking · Reading · Writing · Vocabulary

Suits: Managers · HR · IT

Language practised: Giving opinions · Agreeing and partly agreeing · Disagreeing diplomatically · Asking for clarification · Persuading · Summarising and concluding · Justifying opinions with reasons and examples

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