Company roles

Iulia | Apr 05, 2024May 12, 2024

LESSON OVERVIEW

The main objectives of this lesson are to:

• learn and practise phrases related to job roles;
• watch and discuss a promotional video for a company;
• talk about different responsibilities people carry out in a company.

With this lesson, students talk about job roles, practise phrases about the topic (e.g. responsible for, set goals, solve tech problems, etc.) and discuss their personal experiences and perspectives. They watch a short promotional video for a famous company and discuss its business model and potential job opportunities. Students also plan the first five hires for their fictitious business and present their ideas to the class.

VOCABULARY AND DISCUSSION

This lesson starts with a warm-up in which students discuss questions about their tasks and preferences at work. Then, they read texts describing different responsibilities and complete the gaps with phrases to talk about job roles (e.g. help the company grow, be in charge of, report to, etc.). After that, students reflect upon their current job, a dream job or a job they used to have and complete sentences about it using the target vocabulary. Next, they match roles with the descriptions they have studied previously. Following that, students analyse the roles and talk about which ones they would and wouldn’t like to have.

VIDEO

In this part of the lesson, students watch a promotional video for Bolt and complete sentences about the services it provides and what the company is proud of. Following that, students watch the video again and match numbers with their corresponding facts. Then, they discuss questions about the company, its business model, company culture, and potential job opportunities. Finally, students imagine they are going to start a business and talk about job roles. First, they deliberate over the first five employees they would hire. Students consider key aspects of hiring and retaining employees for business growth. After that, they prepare and present their ideas to the class.   

HOMEWORK/REVISION

This lesson also includes an additional task that you can use as homework or revision. In the task, students choose the correct word in the statements. Then, they complete them with their ideas. The task is available in the teacher’s version of the worksheet. You can print it and hand it out to your students. It’s also included in the e-lesson plan.

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