Category: Technology
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De-Google your life!
TechnologyStep into the world of big tech! Students watch a video about a woman who tries to “de-Google” her life, discuss the challenges of finding alternative tools to Google’s and talk about the future of tech giants. They also practise vocabulary to talk about privacy and tech dependency.
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Fight for your (copy)rights!
Global Issues TechnologyWith this lesson, students master vocabulary and engage in dynamic discussions on AI and copyright. Students also work with authentic headlines, and enhance listening and interpretation skills with a news video.
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Technology skills
TechnologyStudents learn and practise some basic technology vocabulary, watch a short video and play a game. They also practise speaking.
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Facts and myths about technology
TechnologyThis 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.
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How nature inspires innovation
TechnologyThis ESL lesson about design focuses on how nature inspires creation of new things. Students learn some vocabulary to describe the design of things, watch a video and have a lot of brainstorming and speaking practice.
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Impediments to e-government
General TechnologyIn this lesson on digitalization students talk about various government services and how they can be improved. They also watch a video about a successful example (e-Estonia), learn some vocabulary and have a lot of speaking practice.
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What a cool gadget! (phrases for agreeing and disagreeing)
TechnologyIn this lesson students practise phrases for agreeing and disagreeing, watch a video and talk about gadgets.
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Regulating big tech
Business TechnologyThis lesson on regulation and technology focuses on rules and laws vocabulary. The lesson features a video about a law and a discussion on regulating big companies and different technologies.
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Have you met the new Dalí?
TechnologyIn this lesson students watch two videos about AI image generators, learn some advanced vocabulary for describing images, and do some speaking practice.
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How apps work
TechnologyIn this lesson students explain how apps work, watch a video about the Uber app, and learn vocabulary to talk about applications.
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It’s so hot right now!
Business TechnologyIn this lesson students learn expressions to talk about trends and watch a video about one of new buzzwords, i.e. NFTs.
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Your smartphone is a library and Google is a librarian (verb-noun collocations)
TechnologyIn this lesson students learn verb-noun collocations related to searching and sharing information online, compare how information exchange is different now than it was 20 year ago, and watch a video about libraries.
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Will your future clothes be made like this?
Lifestyle TechnologyIn this lesson students practise their listening skills while watching a video about 3D printed clothes. They also work with advanced synonyms for make and discuss the implications of 3D printing technology.
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Better. Faster. Stronger (comparative and superlative adjectives)
Grammar TechnologyIn this lesson based on a video about technology then and now, students learn and practise comparative and superlative adjectives while discussing how their favourite gadgets have changed over time.
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Blockchain: there’s more to it than crypto
Business TechnologyIn this lesson about blockchain applications, students get an opportunity to practise their listening skills and learn some advanced collocations.
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The city of the future is here
TechnologyWith this lesson plan based on a video about Toyota’s city of the future students learn some useful language for presentations and then practise their presentation skills.
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Your experience is important to us!
TechnologyWith this lesson plan students learn some useful language for describing their experience with websites and apps, including synonyms for common adjectives, and watch a video about UX design tactics.
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Know your FinTech buzzwords
Business TechnologyThanks to this lesson plan on FinTech, students will learn buzzwords from the financial technology industry. The worksheet focuses on vocabulary and is suitable for IT and e-commerce professionals.