Negotiating a Salary

An offer you can’t refuse! In this lesson, students will discuss negotiating salaries and asking for a pay raise. This lesson features a video about the dos and don’ts of negotiating your salary. Students will learn and practice vocabulary relating to the topic. The lesson includes plenty of engaging discussion activities and worksheets that have been developed for adult and teenage learners.

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  Listening: Students will listen to advice on how to negotiate salaries. They will hear important tips on what they should do, like researching salaries, and what they should avoid, like giving just one number. This helps them learn how to talk about money at work.

  
  


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  Speaking: Students will have conversations about asking for a pay raise or a bonus. They will practice these talks through role-play, learning how to ask politely and confidently for a better salary in different work situations.

  
  


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  Vocabulary: The lesson will introduce specific vocabulary related to salary negotiations, such as "base salary," "compensation package," "counteroffer," and "pay raise." Students will learn how to use these terms to discuss and negotiate job offers effectively.

  
  


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  Cultural Awareness: Students will explore cultural differences in discussing and negotiating salaries. They will learn about what might be considered appropriate or inappropriate to discuss during job interviews or salary negotiations in different cultural contexts.

  
  


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  Homework: Students will engage with exercises that include choosing the right answers to complete sentences, filling in blanks with given starting letters to form correct words, and matching sentences to appropriate vocabulary terms related to salary negotiation. These tasks aim to deepen understanding of negotiation language, applying concepts from the lesson to practical scenarios.