Onboarding New Team Members

B1 · Intermediate1 hr 7 minStartup EnglishLesson 5 of 8 · Outline

Aims

Goal: deliver a day-one welcome with a buddy, a 30-60-90 plan with one testable milestone per phase, and explicit permission to be confused.

The lesson, stage by stage

  1. Warm up5 min

    Warm-up: The first ninety days

    2 warm-up questions

  1. Reading10 min

    Reading: Setting New Hires Up for Success

    Read a 317-word text about Setting New Hires Up for Success

  2. Vocabulary8 min

    Vocabulary: Onboarding Vocabulary

    8 items

  3. Reading10 min

    Reading: A model first-day welcome — with the 30-60-90

    Read a 360-word text about A model first-day welcome — with the 30-60-90

  4. Practice7 min

    Practice: Practice: Match Onboarding Terms

    Matching exercise, 6 items

  5. Practice7 min

    Practice: Practice: onboarding language

    Gap-fill exercise, 6 items

  6. Dialogue10 min

    Dialogue: Role Play: Welcoming a New Team Member

    Role-play: You are welcoming and orienting a new team member on their first day, helping them understand the company, their role, and how to get started. (4 lines)

  7. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: Your mission: welcome your new hire

    3 discussion questions

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Target vocabulary

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OnboardingPre-boardingOrientationBuddy system30-60-90 day planMilestoneCheck-inRamp-up time

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