Summary
This downloadable PDF lesson plan for English teachers helps C1 students master the language of sustainability reporting. This ESL class material is ideal for a business English lesson, focusing on key corporate communication skills. This comprehensive lesson guides students through the topic of corporate sustainability reports.
Activities include a warm-up discussion, a vocabulary matching task, a listening gap-fill, and a reading comprehension exercise based on a news article. Students then focus on the grammar of formal writing before applying their new skills in a final speaking activity where they present a report to stakeholders. This material is designed for an advanced business English class.
Activities
- Students begin by discussing the purpose and content of sustainability reports, activating their existing knowledge and introducing the topic in a collaborative setting.
- A reading comprehension task centers on a news article analyzing a fictional company's report, requiring students to identify key achievements and criticisms.
- The lesson includes a listening gap-fill exercise that introduces key concepts and vocabulary related to the importance of environmental reporting in the business world.
- A final role-play speaking task challenges students to act as company managers, using formal language and specific phrases to present report findings to stakeholders.
Transcript
Vocabulary focus
The lesson introduces essential business and environmental vocabulary. Key terms include: stakeholders, carbon footprint, transparency, regulatory compliance, metrics, disclosure, and robust. Students also learn useful phrases for highlighting achievements, addressing challenges, and outlining future commitments in a corporate context.
Grammar focus
The grammar section concentrates on nominalization, a key feature of formal and corporate writing. Students learn how to transform verbs and adjectives into nouns (e.g., 'reduce' to 'reduction') to create more objective and concise sentences. The lesson includes a clear explanation and a practical sentence transformation exercise to solidify understanding.
