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Debate lesson · Workplace ethics

Pay Transparency

A B1–B2 mini-debate lesson on mandatory salary transparency, with a reading, vocabulary work, group discussion, a pro/con debate, a company meeting role-play and an opinion paragraph. Suits adult professionals who need to discuss workplace fairness and pay policy.

B1–B2Lesson 1960 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
  • Small-group discussion
  • Debate
  • Role-play
  • Opinion paragraph writing

By the end, learners can

  • Read and understand a text on salary transparency and fairness
  • Use ten pay-related vocabulary items in context
  • Give and support opinions on pay policy using set expressions
  • Agree and disagree politely in discussion, debate and role-play
  • Write a short structured opinion paragraph with reasons and an example

Skills: Speaking · Reading · Writing · Vocabulary

Suits: HR · Managers

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

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