Summary
This ESL lesson for B1 English students explores Higher education, career choices. Using a real audio as the basis for discussion, students develop listening comprehension, vocabulary, and grammar skills across a 90-minute class.
The grammar focus is First conditional and comparative adjectives. Key vocabulary includes tuition fees (noun phrase), degree (noun), graduates (noun) and more, all drawn directly from the source material. The practical English section gives students useful phrases for real-life situations: You are talking to a friend who is trying to decide what to do after high school. Use these phrases to give your opinion and offer advice..
Activities
- A warm-up discussion to activate prior knowledge and get students thinking about the topic before listening.
- Comprehension exercises based on the audio to check understanding of the main ideas and key details.
- A grammar focus on First conditional and comparative adjectives. We use the first conditional to talk about a real possibility in the future. The structure is: If + present simple, ...
- Vocabulary expansion with advanced expressions related to Higher education, career choices not found in the source material.
- Practical English phrases for You are talking to a friend who is trying to decide what to do after high school. Use these phrases to give your opinion and offer advice., with exercises to practise using them naturally.
- A speaking task where students role-play a real-world scenario, applying vocabulary and phrases from the lesson.
Vocabulary focus
The vocabulary section introduces B1-level words and phrases related to Higher education, career choices. Key terms include tuition fees (noun phrase), degree (noun), graduates (noun), investment (noun), debt (noun). Students practise using these terms in context through exercises drawn from the source material.
Grammar focus
This lesson focuses on First conditional and comparative adjectives. We use the first conditional to talk about a real possibility in the future. The structure is: If + present simple, ...
