Dress Codes
ESL Lesson PlansDress Codes

Dress Codes

Explore workplace dress codes with this B1 ESL lesson for teens and adults. This ready-to-use lesson develops reading comprehension, vocabulary, grammar, and speaking skills while encouraging discussion about appearance, professionalism, cultural values, personal expression, workplace safety, and the social expectations connected to what people wear at work today in modern society.

Skills

  • Can understand a straightforward text about workplace dress codes and use should and shouldn’t to discuss appropriate clothing and behaviour.
Online Interactive
Based on CEFR
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1

Discuss these questions

1
What do you think makes an outfit appropriate for a professional setting?
2
How do dress codes affect the way people feel about themselves at work?
3
Which environments need stricter dress codes, and why?
2

Match the words to their definitions

3

Read the text. What is the main message?

4

Read the text again and answer the questions.

5

Complete each sentence with should or shouldn't and the correct verb.

6

Add up to three more points to each list. Do the advantages outweigh the disadvantages? Explain why.