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Debate lesson · Workplace ethics

Work Resources for Personal Use?

A B1–B2 mini-debate lesson on whether employees should use company time and tools for personal tasks, with reading, vocabulary, group discussion, a pro/con debate, a policy-meeting role-play and an opinion paragraph. Suits professionals who discuss workplace rules and ethics.

B1–B2Lesson 1860 min

Print-ready A4 PDF · teacher's notes and answer key included

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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 personal use of company resources
  • Use ten workplace-ethics vocabulary items in gap-fill and odd-one-out tasks
  • Express and defend opinions in a pro/con debate
  • Agree and disagree politely during discussion and role-play
  • Write a short structured opinion paragraph with reasons and an example

Skills: Speaking · Reading · Writing · Vocabulary

Suits: Managers · HR

Language practised: Giving opinions · Agreeing and partly agreeing · Disagreeing politely · Asking for clarification · Persuading · Summarising and concluding

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