Technology at Work: Help or Distraction?
A B1–B2 mini-debate lesson on whether workplace technology helps productivity or causes distraction, combining a reading, vocabulary work, discussion, a pro/con debate, a team-meeting role-play on a technology policy and a short opinion paragraph. Suits adult professionals in office-based roles.
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 a text on technology's effect on workplace focus
- Use ten workplace-technology vocabulary items in context
- Argue a pro or con position on technology use at work
- Agree and disagree politely when discussing workplace issues
- Write a short structured opinion paragraph with reasons and an example
Skills: Speaking · Reading · Writing · Vocabulary
Suits: Office professionals · Managers · HR · IT
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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