Topics: General English / Business English– handling changes
Level: B2 and above.
Skills: Speaking, Reading and Writing.
Aims:
To discuss the meaning of change and how students react to it.
To read for gist and detail.
To predict some information before reading an infographic and watching a video.
To analyze the purpose of the video.
To express opinion and feelings.
To write about big changes.
Use of language and lexis:
To use different tenses to talk about their past and current experiences.
To learn / review phrasal verbs and idioms to describe changes.
To review vocabulary to express opinion and feelings.
Link to infographic: https://wearethecity.com/handle-change-life-infographic/
( There is a spelling mistake in Strategy 2: it should read “empathize” instead of “emphatize”)
Link to Business quiz:https://www.leadershipiq.com/blogs/leadershipiq/122984769-quiz-how-do-you-personally-feel-about-change
Link to short ad:https://www.adsoftheworld.com/media/film/ford_lets_face_the_change
Link to 21 questions to ask about commercials: https://engagingmedia.info/twenty-one-questions-to-ask-about-commercials/?fbclid=IwAR1R06ZEhlmOjrrmkPVam3ScXKyiIBxNNA_ewwyXMVH2KUfkCe6yUS_KNlI
Photo by Edward Howell from Unsplash.