Summary
This B1 English lesson plan is designed to help intermediate students confidently explain their job roles and daily responsibilities. The material focuses on practical, business-oriented English, equipping learners with the necessary vocabulary and grammar to talk about their work in professional and social settings.
Through a series of interactive exercises, including listening, reading, and guided practice, students will learn to use the Present Simple tense for routines and specific phrases to describe duties. This lesson is ideal for anyone looking to improve their workplace communication skills and describe their professional life more effectively.
Activities
- A warm-up discussion to get students talking about their current jobs or career aspirations.
- A listening comprehension exercise where students fill in the gaps while listening to a project assistant describe her daily tasks.
- A vocabulary matching activity to learn key terms for the workplace, such as "collaborate," "track," and "responsible for."
- A grammar focus section explaining how to use the Present Simple for routines and structures like "My main role is to..." and "I'm responsible for..." to describe duties, followed by a multiple-choice quiz.
- A reading exercise about the daily life of a social media coordinator to see the target language used in context.
- Guided grammar and vocabulary practice to reinforce the new language through sentence completion and rewriting tasks.
- A final speaking activity that encourages students to use the lesson's vocabulary and grammar to describe their own roles and responsibilities.
Vocabulary focus
This lesson introduces essential business English vocabulary for describing job duties. Students will learn and practice verbs and phrases such as "role," "support," "organize," "update," "track," "communicate," "collaborate," and the key structure "be responsible for." These terms are crucial for clearly explaining one's position and tasks in a team or company.
Grammar focus
The grammar section revisits the Present Simple tense to describe daily routines and facts about a job (e.g., "I check emails every day"). It also introduces specific structures for expressing responsibilities, including "My main role is to + infinitive" (My role is to support the team) and "I am responsible for + verb-ing" (I am responsible for updating reports). Students will also practice using modal verbs of obligation like "have to" and "must."
