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Debate lesson · Leadership

How Much Should Leaders Share?

A B1–B2 mini-debate lesson on how much information leaders should share with employees, combining a reading, vocabulary work, discussion, a pro/con debate, a six-role meeting role-play and a short opinion paragraph. Suits intermediate learners who manage or work in teams.

B1–B2Lesson 2460 min

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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 transparency and information sharing in leadership
  • Use ten topic words such as bedrock, erode, withhold and leak
  • Give and defend opinions in a pro/con debate on workplace transparency
  • Agree and disagree politely using set phrases
  • Write a short structured opinion paragraph with reasons and an example

Skills: Speaking · Reading · Writing · Vocabulary

Suits: Managers · Team leaders · HR · Finance

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

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