Better Together: The Power of Collaboration at Work

In this proficiency level ESL lesson, students refine advanced vocabulary around teamwork and explore what genuinely effective collaboration looks like in modern workplaces.

Warm-up:

Students answer several questions on the topic of the lesson.

Video:

Students watch a video titled “How to Be a Team Player — Without Burning Out.” After watching the video, they match sentence beginnings with correct endings based on the video.

Exercises:

The learners fill gaps in sentences with words from a box. In the following exercise, they replace a phrase in each sentence with nouns. In the third exercise, the learners match words with their antonyms. In the fourth exercise, they match verbs with nouns they collocate with. Finally, the students match formal verbs with their informal equivalents.

Reading:

Students read a short text and answer questions about it.

Discussion:

Learners answer a few questions related to the lesson topic.