Aircraft Door Panel in Back Yard
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Aircraft Door Panel in Back Yard

This ESL lesson plan engages B2-level adults and teens in a 30-minute individual session focused on listening skills. Learners explore a real-life incident through video-based exercises, answering comprehension questions, filling in gaps, and analyzing the context of a surprising event. The lesson sharpens critical listening abilities and introduces vocabulary related to aviation and physics.

Skills

  • Can understand the main ideas of propositionally and linguistically complex discourse on both concrete and abstract topics delivered in standard language.
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1

Look at the newspaper headlines above - what happened?

F.A.A. Orders Airlines to Ground Some Boeing 737 Max 9 Jets After Midair 'Incident' An Alaska Airlines plane made an emergency landing at the Portland, Ore., international airport on Friday after losing a chunk of its body, terrifying passengers. (Source: NY Times) Alaska Airlines pilot frantically requests ATC help after plane window BLEW OUT over Portland An Alaska Airlines flight from Portland, Oregon to Ontario, California was forced to make an emergency landing after suffering depressurization after takeoff. (Source: Daily Mail)
2

Watch the video and answer the questions.

3

Watch the video again and fill in the gaps.

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