Outsourcing
Lesson plan overview
This ESL lesson plan is about outsourcing. Students will talk about the advantages and disadvantages of outsourcing and will learn the grammar structure “have/get something done”. You may also like the lessons “Productivity and AI tools” and “Phrasal verbs: efficiency”.
Vocabulary and speaking: The lesson starts with 4 examples of outsourcing. After reading them, students should come up with their definition of outsourcing and find synonyms of the verb “to outsource” in the short texts. Then, they discuss a few questions related to outsourcing. Next, they are given the definitions of outsourcing vs offshoring, and 3 questions more.
Listening: Students watch a video called “Commonly outsourced business functions”, and complete 2 listening comprehension activities.
Grammar: “Have/get something done”. Students are given a short overview of this structure and the most common contexts it is used in. To practice, they are asked to rewrite 8 sentences, using have/get something done. Finally, they are given 11 discussion questions which will encourage them to practice using this structure.
To review the target vocabulary from this lesson, and for some more speaking practice, you can use the conversation cards.
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