A four-day week trial: the manager's announcement to staff
A manager announces a four-day working week trial; students extract the key facts, analyze formal speech and role-play a Q&A session.
C1Adults55 minAnnouncement
About this lesson
A C1 listening lesson (announcement). Dialogues and stories to listen to, with transcripts, speed control and ready-made questions.
- Level
- C1
- Skill
- Listening
- Type
- Announcement
- Students
- Adults
- Time
- About 55 minutes
- Topic
- Jobs & work
- Activities
- Speaking / writing task, Key words, Listening (read aloud), Multiple choice, Gap-fill, Matching
- Key words
- hear something through the grapevine, output, capped, an agenda, a rota, proportionally, sustainable, legitimate
- Access
- Premium
By the end, students can
- Extract key practical details from a formal workplace announcement
- Recognize and use signposting phrases in formal speech
- Ask and answer questions about workplace change diplomatically