Summary
This downloadable PDF lesson plan for English teachers helps B1 ESL students discuss workplace wellness. This class material covers key vocabulary, grammar, and speaking skills related to employee well-being and corporate health initiatives.
Activities
- Students begin by matching key vocabulary like 'burnout' and 'morale' to their definitions. They then read a short article about a tech company's 'Wellness Wednesdays' and answer comprehension questions to check their understanding of the text.
- The lesson includes a listening comprehension exercise where students fill in the gaps in a text while listening to an employee describe their company's new wellness program, reinforcing key vocabulary in a natural context.
- The lesson concludes with a practical speaking task. In groups, students use provided phrases for making suggestions to brainstorm, discuss, and design their own workplace wellness program, which they then present to the class.
Vocabulary focus
This lesson focuses on essential business and wellness vocabulary. Key terms include: well-being, morale, burnout, initiative, stress reduction, productivity, to foster, and beneficial. These words are practiced through matching exercises, reading, and listening tasks.
Grammar focus
The grammar section clarifies the difference between the present perfect and past simple tenses. Students learn when to use each tense for completed past actions versus actions with present results, and practice with a fill-in-the-blanks exercise based on the lesson's theme.
