Success at Work: Money or Meaning?
A B1–B2 mini-debate lesson on whether career success is about personal fulfilment or economic reality, with reading, vocabulary work, discussion, a pro/con debate, a group role-play and an opinion paragraph. Suits adult learners who want to discuss work values and argue a position.
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 defining career success
- Use ten career-and-money vocabulary items accurately
- Argue for or against a position in a pro/con mini-debate
- Agree, partly agree and disagree politely using set expressions
- Write a short opinion paragraph with reasons and an example
Skills: Speaking · Reading · Vocabulary · Writing
Suits: All professionals
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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