Would you like to work there?

Olia | Oct 08, 2025Oct 07, 2025

LESSON OVERVIEW

The main objectives of this lesson are to:

• engage in discussing work conditions;
• practise adjectives to talk about work-related matters;
• watch a video about a creative agency and their office.

With this lesson, students chat about what people like and don’t like about their job. They explore adjectives to discuss teams, work and offices (e.g. helpful, creative, tidy), share their preferences and watch a video introducing a company called Mustard. Students discuss workplace experiences, evaluate work benefits and express their opinions. Students also read short texts and talk about the pros and cons of different company cultures. 

WARM-UP AND VIDEO

This lesson starts with a warm-up. Students think of things people usually like about their job and things they sometimes don’t. After that, they explore adjectives for discussing work conditions. Students look at a table with several adjectives (e.g. friendly, interesting, quiet) for different categories (team, tasks/work and office). In each category, they find the adjective that doesn’t belong and move it to the correct column. Afterwards, students look at the table again. In each category, they choose one thing they value in a job and one thing they would avoid. Students explain their choices. Moving on, they watch an introduction video for a company that assists businesses. Before watching, students try to guess what the company does and use the adjectives from the previous task to describe how they imagine the company. Next, they watch the video and discuss questions about workplace experiences. 

DISCUSSING WORK CONDITIONS

In this part of the lesson, students keep discussing work conditions in more detail. They look at several perks (e.g. standing desks, good tea and coffee, free clothes featuring the company’s logo) and decide which four are essential, nice to have or not important. Students give reasons or examples. Afterwards, they look at pairs of contrasting job scenarios (e.g. a big international company OR a small local company). Students choose an option and explain their choice. Following that, they read about varied company cultures. Students then share their opinions on their pros and cons and say whether they would like to work there.

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