ESL WORKSHEET - Spending time at work

LESSON PLAN FOR ENGLISH TEACHERS

LIVING AT WORK

LinguaHouse

Jun. 24, 2024

Level: Pre-Intermediate (A2-B1)
Type of English: Business English
Tags: Office Life; Problems at Work; Work; Business People; Desk Work; Health and Well-being; Jobs; 16-18 Years Old; 18+ Years Old; Article Based
Publication date: 06/24/2024

This lesson looks at issues related to work-life balance and how much time people are spending at work. Students will listen to somebody describing their life at work and will look at some useful adverbs the speaker uses. They will then read an article from which they will be introduced to new and interesting vocabulary and will practice and personalize it in speaking activities. (by Peter Clarkin)

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AUDIO TRANSCRIPT

Speaker: I started working at this company about a year ago, and I remember when I began, I was highly motivated to do a good job. To be honest, the first couple of months were okay, I would happily work away at my desk on different tasks, and everything seemed fine. However, as time went by, I quickly noticed that unfortunately, I was struggling to meet deadlines.
For this reason, I started to spend more and more time at the office, I felt like I was acting selfishly because I was seeing less and less of my kids, but I knew I had to seriously think about being able to put food on the table for them.
Surprisingly, I began to catch up with my workload, but to be able to achieve this it meant I had to spend all day at work. I would eat all three meals in the terrible staff cafeteria, and I felt myself slowly losing my appetite. I would really like to talk to someone safely about this whole situation, but I am scared my boss will find out and I will probably lose my job.

Adapted from: https://www.linguahouse.com/esl-lesson-plans/business-english/living-at-work. Accessed on June 27, 2024. © 2008–2024 LinguaHouse.com. All rights reserved.