Summary
This downloadable PDF lesson plan for English teachers helps B1 students discuss office rules. This ESL class material covers key vocabulary and grammar for understanding company policies, perfect for a Business English lesson.
This complete lesson plan guides students through understanding and discussing workplace rules. Activities include a warm-up discussion, a vocabulary matching task, a listening gap-fill about a policy briefing, and a reading comprehension exercise on a new company policy. Students will practice grammar and key phrases before finishing with a practical role-play activity where they discuss company rules as a new employee and a manager. It's a comprehensive resource for any Business English class.
Activities
- Students begin with a warm-up discussion about common office rules and then match key business vocabulary, such as 'policy' and 'procedure,' to their correct definitions to build a foundational understanding of the topic.
- The lesson includes a listening exercise where students fill in the gaps while a manager explains company policies. This is followed by a clear grammar focus on using the Present Simple for rules and routines.
- A reading comprehension task challenges students to understand an article about a new 'Flexible Fridays' policy. The lesson culminates in a guided role-play, allowing students to use new phrases to ask about and explain rules.
Transcript
Our company policy states that all employees must clock in daily. We always submit expense reports by Friday. The HR department handles all leave requests. We usually have two 15-minute breaks. The team also follows a strict data privacy protocol. Everyone understands these procedures are mandatory. We aim for efficiency and compliance. This approach ensures smooth operations.
Vocabulary focus
This lesson focuses on essential business and office vocabulary. Students will learn and practice terms related to workplace rules and procedures, including: policy, procedure, clock in/out, submit, expense report, compliance, mandatory, and protocol.
Grammar focus
The primary grammar point is the use of the Present Simple tense to talk about facts, rules, routines, and procedures in a workplace setting. The material explains the formation, including the third-person 's', and its use with adverbs of frequency.
