Summary
This ESL lesson for C1 English students explores Subscription economy. 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 Advanced conditionals: mixed and inverted forms. Key vocabulary includes value proposition (noun phrase), recurring payments (noun phrase), lock-in effect (noun phrase) and more, all drawn directly from the source material. The practical English section gives students useful phrases for real-life situations: You need to call a company to cancel a subscription service you no longer use. The customer service agent will try to persuade you to stay..
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 Advanced conditionals: mixed and inverted forms. At C1 level, we use more complex conditional forms to express nuanced hypothetical situations. Mixed conditionals combine different time frames in one sentence.
- Vocabulary expansion with advanced expressions related to Subscription economy not found in the source material.
- Practical English phrases for You need to call a company to cancel a subscription service you no longer use. The customer service agent will try to persuade you to stay., 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 C1-level words and phrases related to Subscription economy. Key terms include value proposition (noun phrase), recurring payments (noun phrase), lock-in effect (noun phrase), consumer fatigue (noun phrase), freemium model (noun phrase). Students practise using these terms in context through exercises drawn from the source material.
Grammar focus
This lesson focuses on Advanced conditionals: mixed and inverted forms. At C1 level, we use more complex conditional forms to express nuanced hypothetical situations. Mixed conditionals combine different time frames in one sentence.
