Facts and myths about technology

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Vocabulary - technology

LESSON OVERVIEW

This ESL lesson focuses on facts and myths about technology. Students learn some tech vocabulary, watch a video, discuss myths related to gadgets and do a quiz.  

A2 / Pre‐Intermediate
B1 / Intermediate
60 minStandard LessonPremium Plan

WARM-UP & VOCABULARY

The lesson starts with a warm-up activity. Students look at the picture and do some tasks (e.g. name devices, talk about their use, etc.). Students can also play Kim’s game where they test their memory and try to memorise the items in the picture. After the warm-up, students do vocabulary activities. First, they read sentences and choose the correct word or phrase (e.g. lifespan, damage, overheat). Then, they complete a text with the words they choose. Students also have a discussion and talk about the text and share their experience of using gadgets. After that, students move on to discuss facts and myths about technology more.

DISCUSSING FACTS AND MYTHS ABOUT TECHNOLOGY

In this part of the lesson students watch a video. Before watching the video, students work with some sentences and correct grammatical mistakes. Then, students say whether the sentences are true or false. Students watch the video and check their answers. After the video, students discuss it and talk more about facts and myths about technology. The lesson finishes with an interactive task in which students do a quiz about technology. They read sentences to their partners and ask them to guess whether the sentences are true or false. They also have to give reasons why they think so. 

HOMEWORK/REVISION

This lesson also includes an additional task that you can use as homework or revision. In the task, students practise the use of the vocabulary from the lesson. The task is available in the teacher’s version of the worksheet. You can print it and hand it out to your students. It’s also included in the e-lesson plan.

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  1. Darren Douglas

    This was a great lesson to teach, kudos for putting it togher!

    1. Paula

      Thanks Darren! It’s really nice to hear that. And don’t worry about the typo. 😉

  2. Darren Douglas

    “together”

    My goodness, the curse of technology!

  3. Dawid Kowalski

    Excellent!

    1. Paula

      Thanks!

  4. Betty Sz

    Hi. I really like the topic, and the way you approached it, but the video is far too fast for most of my A2 students. Plus the vocabulary that he uses is much over the A2 level. The activities are interesting from the teacher’s perspective, but I would expect a little more on the grammar you decided to incorporate in the lesson. It seems tobe a bit left “hanging” and the instructions are a tad misleading – sometimes it’s a grammar question sometimes vocabulary. So interesting lesson, but requires some adjusting to the actual A2 level.

    1. Justa

      Hi! Thank you so much for taking the time to comment. We agree that the video is quite fast and it might be a bit challenging that’s why the lesson might be most suitable for strong A2 students. Regarding the grammar task, students just need to work with some sentences and correct grammatical mistakes. As we wanted them to revise their knowledge rather than teach them new things, we didn’t include more grammar activities. Still I hope that you can adapt this worksheet to your needs and that your students find the topic engaging 🙂

  5. Karo_G

    The first device is not a joystick/game console but a game pad 🙂

    1. Stan

      Haha, you’re totally right! There’s a difference, of course. We’re changing that in the worksheet now.

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