Topic: Offices, Cubicles, & Open Space (Advanced Lesson Plan)

ESL/EFL Level: Advanced
Lesson Topic: office space, worker productivity
SkillĀ Focus
: Speaking, Reading, Vocabulary
Approximate Class Time: 1.5 hours
Lesson Plan Download: Topic-Office-Space-Advanced-08242011.docx
Lesson Overview:

  • The reading passage describes the recent shift towards open office-space layouts in many companies.
  • Post-reading activities include a focus on quotations related to worker productivity, a role-play in which a manager must tell a worker that s/he will lose his/her office, and an office design activity.
  • All lessons come with warm-up questions, comprehension questions, a vocabulary section, and discussion questions.

an open-space office area

Upper-Intermediate Office Space ESL News Lesson Plan: Warm-up

  1. How has the inside of offices changed since the time of your parents?
  2. What are the minimum things you need to do your work effectively? Do you have them?
  3. Would the below items affect your productivity as a worker in an office? How so?
- sunlight / lighting
- artwork
- coworkers
- furniture (e.g. chairs)
- unrestricted WWW access
- wall colors

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