Onboarding

Onboarding

Explore this engaging ESL lesson plan focused on the topic of onboarding, tailored for adult learners at the B2 level. This group lesson emphasizes listening and speaking skills through a variety of interactive exercises, including matching useful vocabulary with definitions, watching instructional videos, and participating in discussions. Students will collaborate to understand onboarding processes and develop their ability to follow detailed instructions, making it a comprehensive approach to effective workplace communication.

Skills

  • Can understand detailed instructions well enough to be able to follow them successfully.
  • Can ask follow-up questions to check that they have understood what someone intended to say.
Online Interactive
Based on CEFR
Fully Customizable
1

What is onboarding? Are you familiar with the term? Unscramble the words to find out what it really means.

1
process
into
integrating
is
an
Onboarding
a
new
organization
employee
of
2

In pairs, discuss the following questions.

3

Watch the video from 0:00 to 0:37. Answer the question.

4

Watch the video from 0:37 to 2:37. Fill in the gaps with words and phrases you hear.

5

Match the phrases from the video to their definitions.

6

Watch the video from 2:37 to 4:25. Mark the statements as true or false.

7

Put the onboarding steps in the order they are presented in in the video.

8

Discuss the following questions in pairs.

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