Summary
This downloadable PDF lesson for B1 ESL students helps them discuss work-life balance. This English class material uses simple vocabulary and grammar exercises to improve speaking skills and build confidence in English conversation.
This complete ESL lesson helps students talk about their daily routines and the importance of a healthy work-life balance. The material includes a vocabulary matching exercise, a short listening comprehension task, clear grammar explanations, and multiple speaking activities. Students will practice using new words and grammar points in a final group discussion about hobbies, stress, and cultural views on work. This lesson is designed to generate meaningful conversation and provide practical communication tools for managing daily schedules.
Activities
- A warm-up discussion where students share personal experiences with their daily routines and challenges in balancing work and personal life, setting the stage for the lesson's theme.
- A listening comprehension task based on an audio about finding work-life balance, where students complete a text and practice their listening skills with key vocabulary.
- Vocabulary matching exercise to introduce and reinforce terms related to work, leisure, and well-being, such as 'hobby,' 'overtime,' 'stress,' and 'relax.'
- Two structured speaking activities: first, students create and discuss their own ideal weekly schedules, and then engage in a broader group discussion about cultural views on work-life balance and stress management.
Transcript
Vocabulary focus
This lesson introduces essential B1-level vocabulary for discussing daily life and well-being. Students will learn and practice using key terms such as work-life balance, hobby, overtime, relax, weekend, stress, prioritize, and digital detox through matching and speaking exercises, enabling them to describe their personal and professional lives and strategies for maintaining balance.
Grammar focus
The grammar section is divided into two clear parts. First, students learn the rules for placing adverbs of frequency (always, sometimes, never) in sentences to describe routines. Second, they review and practice using essential prepositions of time (in, on, at) for talking about schedules and daily routines, helping them express when activities occur.
