Working All The Time

Working All The Time

a Talking Points lesson for English reading, speaking, vocabulary and writing

This is part of the Talking Points 3 lesson series for Intermediate to Advanced students.

Why are people working all the time? And what effect is this having on their health?

This lesson plan starts with a story from a woman who is worried about her husband’s health as he works too many hours. The lesson then goes on to allow students to discuss the ideas of working all the time and how many hours a week is reasonable.

There is another exercise to help students create a work/play/rest balance in their lives. And some other activities.

This is perfect for a Business English or Corporate Training class.

Your students will find this topic highly engaging and all the exercises will be great fun for them. It should definitely create much debate and talking time in your English or ESL class.

The lesson comes complete with:

• Reading Exercise
• Reading Comprehension Questions
• Essential Vocabulary
• Discussion Questions
• Work/Life Balance 1 – a brainstorming session
• Work/Life Balance 2 – a group exercise
• Role Play
• Writing Exercise

Start the class with the three opening questions and then do the reading.

Follow that with the reading comprehension questions.

Then you can go through all the vocabulary – or set it as homework for the students to do later.

Then there is a big list of questions that are designed to get your students talking.

After that, you can do all the other exercises in whatever order you wish.

It comes in easy to use PDF format, ideal for printing for your needs. Use it again and again for your English/ESL classes.

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