Summary
This interactive B1 ESL lesson helps intermediate students master the essential workplace skill of delegating tasks and following up effectively. Through audio exercises, interactive activities, and role-play scenarios, students learn key vocabulary and phrases for assigning responsibilities, setting clear expectations, and checking on progress without micromanaging.
This lesson equips students with practical language skills for professional delegation and team management. Activities include warm-up discussions about management styles, vocabulary matching exercises, listening comprehension with gap-fills, and grammar practice focusing on modal verbs and work-related phrasal verbs. Students engage with interactive drag-and-drop exercises, sentence scrambling activities, and conclude with realistic role-play scenarios where they practice delegating tasks as managers and asking clarifying questions as employees.
Activities
- A warm-up discussion exploring students' personal experiences with delegation and their perspectives on effective management, setting the context for workplace communication skills.
- Interactive vocabulary matching where students drag and drop key terms like "delegate," "empower," and "micromanage" to their correct definitions, building essential workplace vocabulary.
- Audio-based gap-fill exercise featuring practical tips for effective delegation, helping students develop listening skills while learning authentic workplace language patterns.
- Grammar exercises focusing on modal verbs for giving advice and expressing obligation (should, ought to, must, don't have to), essential for professional communication.
- Sentence scrambling activities that help students practice constructing common delegation phrases and requests in the correct word order.
- Manager-employee role-play scenarios where students practice delegating a presentation task, asking clarifying questions, and using the lesson's vocabulary in realistic workplace situations.
Transcript
Delegating effectively isn't just about assigning tasks you have to clearly communicate expectations and provide the necessary resources. It's crucial to set realistic deadlines, too. Once a task is delegated, remember to follow up regularly but avoid micromanaging. A quick check-in can ensure everything is on track. This approach empowers your team and helps maintain project momentum.
Vocabulary focus
The lesson introduces essential workplace vocabulary including:
- Core delegation terms: "delegate," "deadline," "follow up," "micromanage," "empower," and "resources"
- Work-related phrasal verbs: "take on," "hand over," and "check in on"
- Ready-to-use phrases organized by function:
- Delegating tasks: "Could you please handle this task?"
- Following up: "How is the task coming along?"
Grammar focus
This lesson concentrates on modal verbs for advice and obligation (should, ought to, must, don't have to) to help students give recommendations and express requirements professionally. Additionally, students practice phrasal verbs commonly used in workplace contexts, enabling them to discuss task management more naturally and fluently.
