Summary
This downloadable PDF lesson plan helps English students discuss personal finance and subscriptions. A great ESL resource for a conversation class, this material focuses on practical vocabulary and grammar for managing monthly payments. This practical English lesson plan tackles the topic of 'subscription overload'. Students begin by discussing their own spending habits before learning key vocabulary related to recurring payments. The core of the lesson is a video about managing subscriptions, followed by comprehension checks. Learners then practice using the present continuous for trends and study useful phrases for cancelling a service. The lesson ends with a fun role-play where students practice calling customer service to cancel a gym membership.
Activities
- Students warm up by discussing their own subscriptions, such as Netflix or Spotify. This conversation-based task activates their existing knowledge and personalizes the topic of recurring monthly expenses, making the lesson immediately relevant.
- A video about 'subscription overload' provides the main listening practice. Students watch the video to complete true/false questions and answer comprehension questions, improving their listening skills while learning tips for personal finance.
- The grammar focus explains how to use the present continuous to describe modern trends. Students complete a gap-fill exercise to practice talking about changing situations, like how 'more companies are finding new ways to create recurring revenue'.
- A practical role-play concludes the lesson. One student acts as a customer wanting to cancel a gym membership, while the other is a customer service agent trying to make them stay. This task allows for free practice of the lesson's phrases.
Vocabulary focus
This lesson focuses on essential vocabulary for personal finance. Key terms include: subscription, recurring, to charge, to cancel, underestimate, fee, and bank account. These words equip students to understand and discuss their monthly spending, bills, and services with confidence.
Grammar focus
The grammar point is the present continuous used for describing current trends and changing situations. Students learn how this tense is used to talk about developments, such as 'The number of streaming services is increasing,' helping them discuss modern economic and social changes.
