ISSUE 007
Four-Day Workweek ESL Lesson
Progress, or a privilege?
A ready-to-teach C1–C2 ESL lesson examining four-day workweek trials, productivity and fairness, with advanced discussion, critical thinking and argumentation.
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Collection 01 includes Issues 006–010.
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ABOUT THIS LESSON
About This Advanced Four-Day Workweek ESL Lesson
Supporters of the four-day week point to trials showing steady output, lower stress and fewer sick days. But whether those results can be transferred across the workforce is a more difficult question.
This C1–C2 lesson asks students to examine the evidence behind shorter working weeks and consider who is represented in successful trials. They explore the practical differences between office work and jobs that depend on fixed hours of cover.
Students test whether the same trial result could transfer to six very different workplaces before proposing and defending a working-week policy for a city council employing nurses, teachers and office staff.
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WHAT'S INCLUDED
What's Included in the C1–C2 Four-Day Workweek Lesson?
- Magazine-style C1–C2 ESL student worksheet
- Original advanced Four-Day Workweek reading and audio recording
- Advanced vocabulary and reading comprehension
- Discussion of productivity, trial evidence and workplace fairness
- Would It Work Here? transferability critical-thinking task
- ROLE • PROPOSE • DEFEND working-week policy challenge
- 200–250 word argumentative writing task
- Teacher guide and complete answer key
- Ready-to-use classroom presentation
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