Description:

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Level: A2

Israeli level: pre-basic1, pre-basic2

Target audience: all college level students

General goals/objectives: (reading comprehension; speaking)

Specific goals/objectives:

1. Read and understand three short articles about relationships in the workplace
2. Discuss the appropriateness of dating your boss or coworker

Materials needed for activity: (check the following)

• Internet access
• projector

Time: 45 minutes

Procedure:

Read short articles about relationships at the workplace, answer reading comprehension questions about these articles, and discuss the appropriateness of dating one’s boss or coworker.

Activity 1

1. Students read the the article Not Having Friends at Work Can Make You Stupid and answer questions 1-3.
2. Check and discuss answers.

Activity 2

1. Students read the the article Seven Reasons Why You Need to Make Friends at Work and answer questions 1-2.
2. Check and discuss answers.

Activity 3

1. Students read the the article The Secret Way to Making Friends at Work and answer questions 1-2.
2. Check and discuss answers.

Activity 4

Discuss the pros and cons of dating at the workplace: dating a coworker; dating your boss.[/tabcontent][tabcontent]

1. Reception / Reading; Overall reading comprehension; Can understand short, simple texts on familiar matters of a concrete type which consist of high frequency everyday or job-related language (A2+)
2. Reception / Reading; Reading for information and argument; Can identify specific information in simpler written material he/she encounters such as letters, brochures and short newspaper articles describing events (A2)
3. Production / Writing; Creative writing; Can write simple phrases and sentences about themselves (adapted A1)
4. Production / Speaking; Sustained monologue: Describing experience; Can describe everyday aspects of his/her environment, e.g. people, places, a job or study experience. Can give short, basic descriptions of events and activities (A2+)

[/tabcontent][tabcontent]By the end of this LO, you should be able to:

• read and understand three short articles about having and making friends at work
• Discuss the pros and cons of dating people at work

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