Summary
This downloadable PDF lesson plan for ESL students is a great class material for any English teacher. It helps A2 learners practice talking about workplace rules, obligations, and permissions using essential grammar and vocabulary. This comprehensive English lesson guides students through the topic of workplace rules.
Activities include a warm-up discussion, a vocabulary matching exercise, and a listening gap-fill about office life. Students then focus on grammar with exercises on modal verbs for obligation and permission. The lesson culminates in a reading comprehension task about a new company policy and a creative speaking activity where students design their own company rules, ensuring practical application of the new language.
Activities
- Students begin by matching key workplace vocabulary such as 'policy', 'deadline', and 'sign in' with their definitions, building a foundation for understanding the topic of office regulations and procedures.
- The lesson includes an engaging listening exercise where students hear an office worker describe her daily rules. They must complete sentences by filling in the gaps, practicing their listening comprehension and hearing modal verbs in a natural context.
- Grammar is practiced through targeted exercises on modal verbs of obligation (must, have to) and advice/permission (should, can). This is reinforced with a reading comprehension text about a new 'flexible Fridays' policy at a company.
- To consolidate their learning, students work in pairs for a final speaking task. They create and present the rules for their own dream company, using the modal verbs and vocabulary learned throughout the lesson for practical and creative output.
Vocabulary focus
This lesson focuses on essential vocabulary for discussing the workplace environment. Key terms include: policy, deadline, sign in, breakroom, safety rules, and notice. These words help students understand and describe common office procedures and official company regulations.
Grammar focus
The primary grammar focus is on using modal verbs to express rules, obligations, and permissions. Students will learn and practice strong obligation (must, have to), prohibition (mustn't, can't), lack of obligation (don't have to), advice (should), and permission/requests (can, may, could).
