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Debate lesson · Workplace ethics

Job Loyalty in Today's World

A B1–B2 mini-debate lesson on whether job loyalty still matters, with a reading, vocabulary work, discussion, a pro/con debate, a staff-turnover meeting role-play and an opinion paragraph. Suits intermediate professionals who need to discuss workplace issues and argue a point.

B1–B2Lesson 1660 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
  • Debate
  • Role-play
  • Opinion paragraph writing

By the end, learners can

  • Read and understand a text about job loyalty in modern careers
  • Use ten career-related vocabulary items such as lay off, turnover and living costs
  • Express, support and challenge opinions on workplace loyalty
  • Agree and disagree politely in a debate
  • Write a short structured opinion paragraph with a reason and an example

Skills: Speaking · Reading · Writing · Vocabulary

Suits: Managers · HR

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

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