This lesson plan for English teachers helps B2 students discuss workplace harassment and discrimination. This class material provides vocabulary, grammar, and speaking activities for your next Business English or ESL lesson.
This B2 Business English lesson focuses on creating a respectful workplace. Students begin by discussing scenarios to differentiate between unprofessional behavior and harassment.
Activities include a key vocabulary matching exercise, a news article analysis about a discrimination lawsuit, a listening gap-fill, and a grammar focus on modals. The lesson culminates in role-plays where students practice handling sensitive situations, such as reporting an incident to a manager or supporting a colleague.
Activities
- A warm-up discussion to activate prior knowledge and get students thinking about the topic before watching or reading.
- Comprehension exercises based on the article to check understanding of the main ideas and key details.
- A grammar focus on Modals: Obligation, Prohibition & Advice. Modals are auxiliary verbs we use to express ideas like obligation, advice, or prohibition. For strong obligation, often from rules or laws, we use 'must' or 'have to'.
- Vocabulary expansion with advanced expressions related to Workplace harassment not found in the source material.
- Practical English phrases for You need to report an incident to a manager or HR, or support a colleague who has experienced inappropriate behavior., with exercises to practise using them naturally.
- A speaking task where students role-play a real-world scenario, applying vocabulary and phrases from the lesson.
Vocabulary focus
The vocabulary section introduces B2-level words and phrases related to Workplace harassment. Key terms include harassment (noun), discrimination (noun), inappropriate behavior (noun phrase), documentation (noun), obligated (adjective). Students practise using these terms in context through exercises drawn from the source material.
Grammar focus
This lesson focuses on Modals: Obligation, Prohibition & Advice. Modals are auxiliary verbs we use to express ideas like obligation, advice, or prohibition. For strong obligation, often from rules or laws, we use 'must' or 'have to'.
Handling workplace harassment and discrimination
