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lesson plan on hygge

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LESSON OVERVIEW

This lesson plan deals with the concept of hygge. Students will do a word formation task built around the words such as ambience, cosiness or indulgence, as well as talk about their attitude towards hygge. The idea for the lesson plan comes from one of our subscribers. Thank you, Dave ?

B2 / Upper Intermediate60 minStandard LessonFree / Premium Plan
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WORD FORMATION

The worksheet starts with a speaking activity. Students have to describe four photos using words from the list. The list includes the following words: cosy, comfy, snug, homely, warm, pleasant, welcoming, intimate. You might want to check that your students understand all these words before asking them to describe the phots. Next, students move to a word formation task. They need to complete the sentences with the correct forms of the words in brackets. They have to create such words as ambience, indulgence, pleasure, cosiness, etc. Then, they move to an extended discussion about their pleasures during the autumn and winter season and creating cosy ambience at home. All the questions somehow lead to a video which this lesson plan on hygge is based on.

VIDEO & PAIRWORK

The listening comprehension part is divided in two exercises. Students watch the first part of the video and answer the questions about the concept of hygge, the author of a book about it and activities which the term includes. Next, students have to watch the second part of the video and create questions to the answers given. After checking the answers, engage students in a discussion about the ideas shown in the video. Finally, this lesson plan on hygge ends with pairwork speaking task. Students look at the list of various hygge activities. They have to choose five that would bring everyday happiness and pleasure to people from their country. Of course, they need to justify their choice.

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  1. Kasia

    Love it! <3 thank you 🙂

  2. Cristina

    This is a great lesson. My students loved it.
    Thank you,
    Cristina

    1. Justa

      Thanks, Cristina!

  3. Andrea Salazar

    Congrats! I loved this one 🙂
    Greetings from Spain.

    1. Justa

      Thanks!

  4. Nancy H.

    Really like this lesson. It makes students think and also creates great discussion. Thank you.

    1. Justa

      Thanks for your feedback, Nancy!

  5. Szilvia Papp

    Amaziiing, thank you! 🙂

  6. Chiara Mapa

    I really really love this … the topic and the lesson activities! Thank you!!

    1. Justa

      Thanks 😊

  7. Maria Filatova

    Can’t thank you enough! That’s,by all means one of the best lessons! So thought-provoking and informative.

    1. Justa

      I’m thrilled to hear that! Thank you!

  8. jeniffer silva

    Great lesson! thanks

  9. AniaKG

    It’s going to be a great lesson with my student on Thursday 🙂 She’ll love it. Thank you 🙂

    1. Justa

      Thank you! I hope you’ll have a great class then 🙂

  10. 222am

    Great lesson! I appreciate that there is an e-lesson – helps a lot with online teaching! 🙂

  11. Stephanie C. Araya

    I’ve implemented this lesson twice today with 2 different private students. It works pretty well with one-on-one tutoring. Besides, they loved the topic! Thank you 🙂

  12. Magda Zun

    My favourite lesson! I love hygge, thanks for such a lovely material <3

    1. Justa

      Thanks, Magda! Yeah, it’s supposed to be an uplifting worksheet which brings pleasure to the classroom 😊

  13. Jessicanaressi

    What a great material!!! Thank you!!! (from Brazil :))

    1. Justa

      Thanks! Greetings from Poland 🙂

  14. Megan Prattley

    This is a very interesting topic. Great for a variety of students.

  15. Gertrude VANHOVE

    Looks as a wonderful lesson to bring positiveness in the classroom. Thank you!

    1. Justa

      That’s right, a small thing that can boost students’ (and our) mood 🙂

  16. Natalia Krupska

    thank you!!! cool lesson plan!!!

    1. Justa

      Thanks 🙂

  17. Milewska- Wysocka

    lovely lesson

    1. Justa

      Thank you 🙂

  18. Юлия Михайленко

    Great lesson! Many thanks))

    1. Justa

      I’m happy you enjoy it 🙂

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