Is Email Still Relevant Today?
A B1–B2 mini-debate lesson on whether email is still relevant at work, with a reading, vocabulary work, pro/con debate, a team role-play and an opinion paragraph. Suits intermediate professionals who want to discuss workplace communication tools and practise polite agreement and disagreement.
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
- Mini-debate
- Role-play
- Opinion paragraph writing
By the end, learners can
- Read and understand a text about the role of email in modern workplaces
- Use ten workplace-communication vocabulary items in context
- Argue a pro or con position on email use in a mini-debate
- Agree, partly agree and disagree politely using set expressions
- Write a short structured opinion paragraph with reasons and an example
Skills: Speaking · Reading · Writing · Vocabulary
Suits: All professionals
Language practised: Giving opinions · Agreeing and partly agreeing · Disagreeing politely · Asking for clarification · Persuading · Summarising and concluding
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