B1
ESL Lesson Plan The Worst Boss In The World
- Level
- B1
- Time
- 90 min
- Media
- Video + Article
Lesson Overview
This B1 Business English lesson is all about difficult managers and workplace challenges. You and your students will explore vocabulary and phrases to talk about management styles, employee experiences, and common workplace problems.
Through engaging exercises, learners will practice describing bosses, discussing unfair situations, and sharing…
This B1 Business English lesson is all about difficult managers and workplace challenges. You and your students will explore vocabulary and phrases to talk about management styles, employee experiences, and common workplace problems.
Through engaging exercises, learners will practice describing bosses, discussing unfair situations, and sharing opinions about what makes a good or bad manager. These activities help students build confidence in speaking while connecting English learning to real-life work experiences.
Fun discussions, realistic workplace scenarios, and structured exercises make this lesson a great way to develop Business English skills, practise describing people and behaviours, and reflect on professional challenges.
Activity Layout
- Warm Up: Ranking.
- Key Words.
- Adjectives.
- What Would You Do?
- Fix the boss.
- Audio: Bad Managers
- Discussion.
- Picture Round.
Homework
As with all adult lesson plans on ESL Pals, there is a homework task to supplement this B1 ESL lesson plan. Students are challenged to complete a series of exercises which follows on from the lesson.
- Article: The Worst Manager In the World
- Article: Questions
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