Failure at Work: Lesson or Setback?
A B1–B2 mini-debate lesson on whether failure at work is a valuable lesson or a setback, with reading, vocabulary work, a pro/con debate, a six-role meeting role-play and an opinion paragraph. Suits adult professionals who need to discuss mistakes, feedback and workplace culture.
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
- Pro/con debate
- Role-play
- Opinion paragraph writing
By the end, learners can
- Read and understand a text about failure as a lesson or a setback
- Use ten topic words about failure and resilience in context
- Debate for and against a position on failure at work
- Agree and disagree politely when discussing workplace mistakes
- Write a short structured opinion paragraph with reasons and an example
Skills: Speaking · Reading · Vocabulary · Writing
Suits: Managers · HR
Language practised: Giving opinions · Agreeing and partly agreeing · Disagreeing politely · Asking for clarification · Persuading · Summarising and concluding
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