Teacher 

: Nejla Meddeb Level4

Unit 4 – Lesson 8: Staff Management

p 227

Pre-reading: Complete the following spidergram with words related to Employment

To em…………. = to recr……..
Worker= empl…………. / to f………….. = to dis……..
s………………

prom……………
Employment
To work = t…….. a job
Work
To l…………… / to sea…….

a job

Boss = ma……………….. /
Joblessness = emp……………. / exec…….
un……………………….. Perfo…………….= produ…….

Reading: text page 227-228

1/ Read the text quickly and circle the right alternative.

a. The text is : narrative / descriptive / expository.

b. The text is mainly about: a successful economy / employer-employee relationship / satisfied workers.

2/ Read text 1 and complete the following paragraph.

(interest / boost / states / fire / environment / performance)

The employers believe they have the right to 1________________ employees in order to 2_________________
productivity and 3_____________________ .The survey also 4__________________ that some companies have
shown more 5____________________ in the 6________________________than in their workers’ hard situations.

3/ Read text 2 and correct these false statements with precise details from the text.

a. The majority of workers are respected by their managers.

__________________________________________________________________________________
b. All the fired workers are eager to start working again.
__________________________________________________________________________________
c. Most workers are faithful to their company and their bosses.
__________________________________________________________________________________
4/ complete the following statements with details from the text.
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a. Cause: Workers are not interested in their job.

Effect: __________________________________
b. The workers felt disappointed with their managers’ behaviour, this feeling is expressed by
____________________________ , _________________________ , __________________________ or
_____________________________ .

Deduction: the __________________ form is uses in this sentence. We have a ________________ structure.

Vocabulary: Match the words with their meanings.

Words Meaning Answers
1. Going green(L 1) a. Improve, ameliorate 1. + …..
2. To fire(L 3) b. Dismiss, exclude 2. + …..
3. To boost(L 3) c. Valuable and useful person 3. + …..
4. Get rid of(L 4) d. Persons who work in a company 4. + …..
5. Reckon(L 5) e. Completely 5. + …..
6. Asset(L 8) f. Think 6. + …..
7. Utterly(L 8) g. Refuse to work as a protest 7. + …..
8. Trust(L 12) h. Remove, eliminate 8. + …..
9. Staff(L 14) i. Be interested in environment 9. + …..
10. Loyal (L 17) j. A person or something that causes problems 10. + …..
11. Strike (L 19) k. Faithful 11. + …..
12. Culprit(L 20) l. Have confidence in sb or sth 12. + …..

5/ Reaction t o the text.

What do you think of the managers’ attitudes? Do you believe that firing employees is the best solution to
improve productivity? Write a 6-line paragraph to state your opinion about this issue.
_____________________________________________________________________________________
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Unit 4 Lesson 7: Staff Management

Objectives: pupils will be able to

 Comment upon pictures and produce descriptions related to the topic.

 Brainstorm words related to staff management.

 Guess content from the topic sentence.

 Read and scan for specific details.

 Reinvest newly acquired lexis to complete a paragraph.

 Match vocabulary with its synonyms

 React to content.

Skills: speaking reading writing

Functions: Expressing opinion

Structure: Parallel structure

Vocabulary: staff management/ reckon / executive / dismiss/ sack / strike / promotion

I- Pre-reading

 Speaking test: two pupils enact a conversation in which they talk about the advantages of
country life.

 Why does your friend prefer to live in the country side? The students will talk about different
advantages clean environment admiring green landscapes

Vibrant atmosphere lower crime rates (feeling of safety)

 Why doesn’t his friend agree with him? Life in the city is more dynamic

A lot of job opportunities

 Here I ask pupils to complete the diagram ( in the handout) to brainstorm the vocabulary related
to job I will help pupils to elicit the vocabulary related to employment. The title of the
lesson will be dealt with while completing the diagram

 Staff: group of workers who work in the same company or organization

 Manager: to manage , to control and make decision in an organization or a company.

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 Then I ask my pupils to fill in the following statements with words from the box.

II- While Reading

 I ask pupils to read the Topic sentence and guess the main idea of Part 1 of the text.

 Read and check if you guessed right.

 Read the text and complete task 1&2 in the worksheet.

 1/ Read the text quickly and circle the right alternative.

 a. The text is : narrative / descriptive / expository.

 b. The text is mainly about: a successful economy / employer-employee relationship / satisfied workers.

 2/ Read text 1 and complete the following paragraph.

 (interest / boost / states / fire / environment / performance)

 The employers believe they have the right to 1________________ employees in order to
2
_________________ productivity and 3_____________________ .The survey also 4__________________
that some companies have shown more 5____________________ in the 6________________________
than in their workers’ hard situations.

 According to you : how will be the effect of this way of management on the employees?

 Read part2 and check your answers.

3/ Read text 2 and correct these false statements with precise details from the text.

a. The majority of workers are respected by their managers.

__________________________________________________________________________________
b. All the fired workers are eager to start working again.
__________________________________________________________________________________
c. Most workers are faithful to their company and their bosses.
__________________________________________________________________________________
4/ complete the following statements with details from the text.

a. Cause: Workers are not interested in their job.

Effect: ______________________________________________________________________________
b. The workers felt disappointed with their managers’ behavior, this feeling is expressed by
____________________________ , _________________________ , __________________________ or
_____________________________ .

Deduction: the __________________ form is uses in this sentence. We have a ________________ structure.
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Post- Reading
What do you think of the managers’ attitudes? Do you believe that firing employees is the best solution to
improve productivity? Write a 6-line paragraph to state your opinion about this issue.
_____________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________