Too Many Meetings?
A B1–B2 mini-debate lesson on whether workplaces have too many meetings, with a reading, vocabulary work, pro/con debate, a group role-play deciding the fate of a weekly team meeting, and an opinion paragraph. Suits intermediate to upper-intermediate professionals, especially those who attend regular team meetings.
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 about whether meetings are overused
- Use ten workplace-meetings vocabulary items accurately
- Argue for or against a position in a mini-debate
- Agree, partly agree and disagree politely when discussing work issues
- Write a short structured opinion paragraph with reasons and an example
Skills: Speaking · Reading · Writing · Vocabulary
Suits: Managers · HR · Project coordinators
Language practised: Giving an opinion · Agreeing · Partly agreeing · Disagreeing politely · Asking for clarification · Persuading · Summarising and concluding
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