Expressing likelihood

May 30, 2024May 10, 2024

LESSON SET OVERVIEW

With this lesson set, your students will:

learn how to express likelihood,
talk about trends and fads,
practise expressing likelihood while discussing a topic of your choice: AI image generators, biometrics, hybrid work or a four-day workweek.

In the first lesson, students learn language to express likelihood. In the second lesson, they practise the target language while talking about a topic of interest.

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Lesson 1

Teach students phrases to express likelihood

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Trends and fads: they come and go

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Students learn phrases to express likelihood (e.g. be bound to, be doubtful to, in all likelihood). They also watch a video about trends and fads, discuss some concepts and products and decide whether they are trends or fads.

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Lesson 2

Encourage students to practise expressing likelihood

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Have you met the new Dalí?

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Students talk about AI image generators and learn vocabulary useful for describing images. They also watch a video and discuss creativity. Encourage students to use phrases to express likelihood in ex. 6 and 8 (slides 17 and 21).

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Biometrics – applications and implications

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With this CRC worksheet, students will talk about the use of biometrics, its advantages and challenges using the information from the article they read before the class. Encourage students to use phrases to express likelihood in ex. 3 and 4 (slides 9 and 11).

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Office, remote or hybrid?

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Students talk about post-lockdown work-life adjustments, learn vocabulary and watch a video about Google and other companies. Encourage students to use phrases to express likelihood in ex. 5, 10 and 11 (slides 21-22 and 36-39).

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Reimagining the workweek

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With this Speaking Class, students talk about a four-day week, watch a video and do roleplay. Encourage them to use phrases to express likelihood in ex. 3-7 (slides 9-16).

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