Work Messages After Hours
A B1–B2 mini-debate lesson on whether replying to work messages after hours is a free choice or a silent expectation, with reading, vocabulary, pro/con debate, a team-meeting role-play and an opinion paragraph. Suits professionals who deal with workplace communication norms and boundaries.
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 after-hours work communication
- Learn and use ten workplace communication topic words
- Practise agreeing, partly agreeing and disagreeing politely
- Debate pro and con positions on after-hours messaging
- Write a short structured opinion paragraph
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
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