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Debate lesson · Performance feedback

Feedback: Public or Private?

A B1–B2 mini-debate lesson on whether workplace feedback should be given publicly or privately, built around a reading, vocabulary work, a pro/con debate and a team-meeting role-play. Suits adult professionals who give or receive performance feedback.

B1–B2Lesson 2760 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
  • Mini-debate
  • Role-play
  • Opinion paragraph writing

By the end, learners can

  • Read and understand a text on public versus private feedback
  • Use ten topic words for feedback and evaluation
  • Agree and disagree politely when discussing feedback
  • Justify an opinion and a group decision with reasons
  • Write a short, structured opinion paragraph

Skills: Speaking · Reading · Writing · Vocabulary

Suits: Managers · HR · Team leaders

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

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