How to Negotiate a Higher Salary
A video-led B2 lesson on negotiating a job offer, based on a Jeff Su video. Learners watch for gist and detail, study polite pushing-back language, then role-play a recruiter call to agree a final package. Suits professionals preparing for job offers or pay discussions.
Print-ready A4 PDF · teacher's notes and answer key included
What's inside
- Warm-up discussion
- Vocabulary matching
- Gist listening (multiple choice)
- Detail listening gap-fill
- Sentence completion
- Pair discussion
- Role-play
- Action planning
- Reflection
By the end, learners can
- Identify the main ideas and specific details in a data-heavy video about salary negotiation
- Use ten words about pay and negotiation accurately
- Apply polite expressions to push back on an offer and make a case
- Negotiate a job offer through three rounds and agree a final package
- Plan how to research and prepare for a real salary negotiation
Skills: Listening · Speaking · Vocabulary · Writing
Suits: Job seekers · Marketing · HR and recruitment
Language practised: Pushing back politely · Making a case for higher pay · Asking about a salary range · Proposing alternatives when a request is refused · Expressing understanding of constraints
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