Summary
This downloadable PDF lesson plan for English teachers helps B2 students practice expressing certainty. This ESL class material is ideal for a business English context, focusing on confident communication and making professional decisions.
This comprehensive lesson guides students through various activities designed to build confidence in expressing certainty. It begins with a business scenario discussion, followed by a vocabulary sorting task, a listening gap-fill about a product launch, a grammar exercise on modals and adverbs, a reading comprehension task, and a final role-play where students make a strategic business decision.
Activities
- Students analyze a high-stakes business scenario, deciding between two strategic options. This warm-up encourages initial discussion and use of certainty language before formal instruction, setting a practical context for the lesson.
- A listening exercise challenges students to fill in the gaps of a manager's assessment of a new product launch. This activity hones their ability to recognize spoken phrases of certainty and uncertainty in a natural business context.
- Through a reading comprehension task, learners analyze a news article about a corporate takeover. They identify language related to probability and risk, answering questions to check their understanding of nuance in business reporting.
- The lesson culminates in a collaborative role-play where students act as a management team deciding on a major investment. They must use the lesson's vocabulary and grammar to argue their points, weigh risks, and reach a consensus.
Vocabulary focus
The main vocabulary focus is on the spectrum of certainty. Students learn and practice a range of phrases to express high confidence (e.g., "It's bound to succeed," "Without a doubt"), moderate confidence ("I'm reasonably confident," "There's a strong possibility"), and uncertainty ("It's highly unlikely," "I have my reservations").
Grammar focus
The grammar section concentrates on using modal verbs and adverbs to express degrees of probability. It covers modals for certainty (will, must), expectation (should), and possibility (may, might, could). It also integrates adverbs like "definitely," "probably," and "possibly" to modify the level of confidence in statements.
