Promotion vs External Hiring
A B1–B2 mini-debate lesson on promoting internal staff versus hiring externally, with a reading, vocabulary work, pro/con debate, a six-role meeting role-play and an opinion paragraph. Suits intermediate professionals discussing workplace decisions and morale.
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
- Group discussion
- Mini-debate
- Role-play
- Opinion paragraph writing
By the end, learners can
- Read and understand a text about internal promotion versus external hiring
- Use ten hiring and promotion vocabulary items in context
- Give, support and challenge opinions politely in a debate
- Agree on a group decision in a role-play meeting about a leadership appointment
- Write a short structured opinion paragraph with reasons and an example
Skills: Speaking · Reading · Vocabulary · Writing
Suits: HR · Managers
Language practised: Giving opinions · Agreeing and partly agreeing · Disagreeing politely · Asking for clarification · Persuading · Summarising and concluding · Justifying a group decision
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