Art at home

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speaking lesson on art

Students watch the video to 00:54

LESSON OVERVIEW

The main objectives of this speaking lesson on art are to:

  • talk about art and in everyday life;
  • watch a video excerpt about a home decorated with art;
  • describe photos of rooms featuring artworks.

In this speaking lesson, students discuss items people have at home, watch part of a video (to 00:54) about an art collector’s house and express their opinions. They talk about art and how people display and collect it, describe images of rooms with artworks and chat about decorating homes with art. Students share their preferences for art in daily life and discuss what they would do in various art-related situations. They can also do an extra vocabulary exercise to review useful vocabulary (e.g. vintage vases, ceramic figurines, traditional painting) for the lesson.

A2 / Pre‐Intermediate
B1 / Intermediate
45 min
60 min
Speaking ClassUnlimited Plan

This is a Speaking Class worksheet. It includes a variety of tasks that let your students practise their speaking skills. This lesson format does not focus on grammar or vocabulary. Learn more about it here.

WARM-UP AND VIDEO

Before you begin this speaking lesson on art, you can ask students to do an extra vocabulary task. They choose the correct words to complete names of items in the photos (e.g. wooden furniture, metal sculpture, ordinary bowl). Then, students say which items in the photos they like most and if they would like to have them at home. You can also ask students to give you some examples of art. Moving on, they start the lesson with a warm-up. Students look at some objects that people have at home (e.g. vases, sculptures, drawings). They discuss questions about art and objects. Afterwards, students watch part of a video (to 00:54) about a house. They share opinions related to the objects they see in the video. 

MORE DISCUSSION

In this part of the speaking lesson on art, students list things related to art and how people display or collect it (e.g. Places where people get art). Next, they look at the images of pairs of rooms. Students describe the art they see in each of them. Then, they discuss questions about decorating homes with art. Following that, students look at pairs of situations involving art in daily life (e.g. having art in your workplace OR experiencing art in the street). They choose the option they prefer and give reasons. Moving on, students list three possible things a person could do in different art-related situations. They then say what they would actually do and give reasons.

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  1. emilytateacher

    First I’d like to thank you for this lesson. There’s a lot of content on this platform about art and some of my students, mostly the women enjoy the topic. I was wondering if you have anything about other art forms, like Martial arts in your repertoire.

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