Business English - Firing Staff

In this lesson, students discuss and learn about the difficult process of firing someone. They learn about the procedure and language for firing an employee, listen to three managers who made mistakes when firing someone, and role play talking to members of their team and reassuring them.
Aims

• To enable students to use the processes and language for firing a member of staff.

Time: 60 mins +

Level: B1 +

Materials:

• Teachers' Guide (PDF)
• Presentation: Demonstration copy
• Reading 1: https://bit.ly/3vwtTw9
• Activity: https://bit.ly/30UXiVJ
• Dictation: https://bit.ly/2XACCAW
• Role card 1 A: https://bit.ly/3jwiIij
• Role card 1 B: https://bit.ly/3m4EtHE
• Role card 2 A: https://bit.ly/2XFVz5q
• Role card 2 B: https://bit.ly/3Gh8Wu4
• Reflection task: https://bit.ly/3nnS4Jt