Rules at Work: Help or Harm?
A B1–B2 mini-debate lesson on whether workplace rules help or harm performance, combining a reading, vocabulary work, a pro/con debate, a company-rules role-play and a short opinion paragraph. Suits intermediate professionals who need to give and defend opinions at work.
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
- Debate
- Role-play
- Opinion paragraph writing
By the end, learners can
- Read and understand a text about workplace rules, safety and creativity
- Use ten topic words such as stifle, empower and compliance accurately
- Give opinions and agree or disagree politely in discussion and debate
- Argue a pro or con position on workplace rules
- Write a short structured opinion paragraph with reasons and an example
Skills: Speaking · Reading · Vocabulary · Writing
Suits: Managers · HR
Language practised: Giving opinions · Agreeing and partly agreeing · Disagreeing politely · Asking for clarification · Persuading · Summarising and concluding
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