ESL Lesson Plan Workplace Romance

Level
B2
Time
90 min
Media
Video + Article
Workplace Romance

Lesson Overview

In this B2-C2 ESL business lesson plan on workplace romances, students will explore the complexities of navigating personal relationships in professional settings, examining etiquette, boundaries, and potential challenges for employees and employers alike.

It begins with a fun warm up where students are encouraged to discuss the best and worst…

In this B2-C2 ESL business lesson plan on workplace romances, students will explore the complexities of navigating personal relationships in professional settings, examining etiquette, boundaries, and potential challenges for employees and employers alike.

It begins with a fun warm up where students are encouraged to discuss the best and worst places to meet a potential partner. 

Afterwards, there are seven detailed exercises that thoroughly explore each of the questions raised in the video. At each stage, there are engaging vocabulary, comprehension and discussion tasks. 

This ESL business lesson plan on workplace romances follows this structure: Exercises:

Activity Layout

  1. Warm up: Where to Meet a Partner? 
  2. Should I Date my Coworker?
  3. Should I Date my Boss?
  4. Can I date someone who reports to me?
  5. I’ve just started seeing my coworker.
  6. Why are coworkers attracted to each other? 
  7. My coworkers are flirting.
  8. Do I need a policy? 

Homework

As with all adult lesson plans on ESL Pals, there is a homework task to supplement this B2 ESL lesson plan. Students are challenged to complete a series of exercises which follows on from the lesson.

  1. Article. 
  2. Article: Writing Task. 

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