Summary
This downloadable PDF lesson plan for English teachers explores the exciting topic of space tourism. This advanced ESL class material for C1 students provides a full lesson, including speaking, listening, vocabulary, grammar, and a dynamic role-play activity.
This C1 English lesson plan centers on the debate around space tourism. Students begin with a warm-up discussion before learning key vocabulary. They then complete a listening comprehension exercise about the industry. The lesson includes a grammar focus on advanced conditionals and concession, and it culminates in a structured role-play where students debate the merits of a luxury space hotel. This class material provides everything needed for a comprehensive and engaging lesson on a futuristic topic.
Activities
- Students start by discussing their personal views on space travel, exploring the excitement and fears associated with becoming a space tourist, and debating its overall value to humanity.
- A vocabulary matching exercise introduces eight advanced terms related to the commercialization of space, such as 'burgeoning,' 'exorbitant,' and 'proponent,' preparing them for the main topic.
- The lesson features an engaging listening exercise where students fill gaps in a text analyzing the space tourism industry and then answer comprehension questions to check their understanding.
- Students practice advanced grammar, learning to form inverted conditionals to sound more formal (e.g., 'Were it not for...') and use words of concession like 'notwithstanding' and 'albeit'.
- The lesson concludes with a dynamic role-play. Students take on roles like a CEO, an environmental scientist, and an ethicist to debate the construction of a luxury hotel in orbit.
Transcript
Vocabulary focus
This lesson introduces advanced vocabulary for discussing business and innovation. Key terms include 'burgeoning' (flourishing), 'exorbitant' (unreasonably high), 'suborbital' (not completing a full orbit), 'allure' (attraction), 'proponent' (supporter), and the phrasal verb 'to pan out' (to prove successful).
Grammar focus
The grammar section targets advanced C1 structures for formal discussion. It focuses on creating inverted conditionals by omitting 'if' (e.g., 'Had I known...'), a common feature in formal English. It also introduces formal words of concession, teaching students how to use 'notwithstanding' and 'albeit' to construct nuanced arguments.
