Procedures vs Professional Judgment
A B1–B2 mini-debate lesson on strict workplace rules versus managerial judgment, built around an automatic-dismissal attendance policy. Suits intermediate professionals who discuss policy, fairness and leadership decisions.
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 an opinion text on strict rules versus professional judgment
- Use ten topic words about policy, fairness and consequences
- Argue for or against procedures and professional judgment in a mini-debate
- Role-play a leadership meeting to agree an attendance policy
- Write an opinion paragraph giving a clear opinion, two reasons and an example
Skills: Speaking · Reading · Vocabulary · Writing
Suits: Managers · HR · Legal · Team leaders
Language practised: Giving opinions · Agreeing and partly agreeing · Disagreeing politely · Asking for clarification · Persuading · Summarising and concluding
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