| LESSON OVERVIEW
The main objectives of this ESL lesson about music festivals are to:
- discuss different aspects of music festivals and outdoor events;
- talk about personal experiences, preferences and perspectives related to events;
- watch a video and discuss music festival tips.
With this lesson, students talk about outdoor events: their popularity, personal experiences, preferences and possible problems. They read information about real festivals, discuss the importance of some music festival tips and watch a video about it. Students also read a short promo of a product for music festivals, discuss the use of technology at festivals and brainstorm more tips and useful gadgets for attendees of different outdoor events.
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DISCUSSION
This ESL lesson about music festivals starts with a warm-up in which students look at pictures of outdoor activities and discuss their details, preferred seasons, local popularity and personal experiences. After that, they receive a card with an outdoor event. Students guess each other’s events by answering questions and describing them without using their names or related words from the card. You can also do an extra vocabulary activity where students read a text about a festival and identify useful words and phrases (e.g. vibrant atmosphere, headliner, plan an itinerary, etc.). Then, they select one event they have attended and describe when and where it took place, whether it met their expectations, and reasons for recommending it or not. Following that, students read information about some festivals around the world (e.g. Sziget, in Budapest, Hungary; Burning Man, in Nevada, USA, etc.) and complete sentences with their ideas.
VIDEO AND USEFUL TIPS
In this part of the ESL lesson about music festivals, students watch a video with tips. First, they read the tips and elaborate on them. Then, students watch the video, compare their answers and learn more details. They also put the tips in order of importance for them and explain their choice. After that, students talk about attitudes towards music festivals, their impact, sustainability, and cultural significance by answering questions. Then, they read a short promo for earplugs that filter sound waves and discuss questions about the use of technology and gadgets at festivals, considering their practicality, potential impact, and future trends. Following that, students choose one event (sporting event or food festival) and come up with the five most important tips for attendees without repeating the tips from the video. They also brainstorm what apps or gadgets (real or imaginary) might be useful.
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Hello! I’ve been having fun with this lesson this week with my B2/C1 students. However, in most of my classes students were confused by the question on slide 23 about youth culture and trends. I had to rephrase it for them. Perhaps you could re word it too? Thanks!
Okay, we could do that! Would you mind sharing how you rephrased it and what caused confusion in the original question? The way I see that question is that years ago such music festivals as Woodstock were shaping youth culture and trends (music/fashion/etc.), and so the goal here is to think whether this is still true nowadays.
Sure, they didn’t really understand what the question was getting at. I gave an example of people following fashion trends/liking the same music as their peers and they got the idea. Maybe you could use Woodstock as an example and that would help clarify.