Summary
Students watch a video about why these toys became so popular, learning vocabulary for trends like craze, going viral, and resale market. The lesson focuses on using the present perfect to discuss recent events and the passive voice to describe how products are marketed and sold. Engaging activities help students analyze consumer behavior and discuss the impact of social media on modern fads.
Activities
Students begin with a warm-up discussion about collecting hobbies, popular trends, celebrity endorsements, and the difference between fads and lasting trends, activating their prior knowledge on the topic.
Learners watch a short video about the Labubu phenomenon and answer comprehension questions to check their understanding of key details, such as the company behind the toys, their price, and celebrity influence.
This exercise focuses on using the present perfect tense. Students complete sentences to describe the recent events and developments related to the Labubu trend, reinforcing their grammar skills in a relevant context.
Students learn how the passive voice is used to describe processes in business and marketing. They then practice this structure by rewriting active sentences about how Labubu toys are created, promoted, and sold.
In a final group discussion, students analyze and compare consumer trends. They discuss past fads, the role of social media, and predict the future of the Labubu craze, applying the lesson's language and concepts.
Vocabulary focus
This lesson introduces vocabulary essential for discussing collecting and consumer trends. Key terms include words for products like collectibles, merchandise, and limited edition, as well as concepts like blind box and unboxing. Students also learn phrases to describe market behavior such as resale market, sold out, fetching high prices, and going viral.
Grammar focus
The grammar section concentrates on two key structures. First, students practice the present perfect to talk about recent trends and events that have current relevance. Second, the lesson introduces the passive voice (be + past participle) to describe how products are manufactured, marketed, and sold, focusing on the process rather than the agent.
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