Lesson Overview:

This B1 Business English lesson is all about difficult managers and workplace challenges. You and your students will explore vocabulary and phrases to talk about management styles, employee experiences, and common workplace problems.

Through engaging exercises, learners will practice describing bosses, discussing unfair situations, and sharing opinions about what makes a good or bad manager. These activities help students build confidence in speaking while connecting English learning to real-life work experiences.

Fun discussions, realistic workplace scenarios, and structured exercises make this lesson a great way to develop Business English skills, practise describing people and behaviours, and reflect on professional challenges.

Activities:

1. Warm Up: Ranking. 
2. Key Words.
3. Adjectives. 
4. What Would You Do?
5. Fix the boss. 
6. Audio: Bad Managers
7. Discussion. 
8. Picture Round. 

Homework:

As with all adult lesson plans on ESL Pals, this lesson includes a practical homework task to reinforce learning. Students are encouraged to complete exercises that extend the lesson, helping them consolidate vocabulary, practise speaking, and reflect on how to handle difficult managers in real-life work situations.

1. Reading: The Worst Manager In the World