Commercial Spaceflights
ESL Lesson PlansCommercial Spaceflights

Commercial Spaceflights

This engaging ESL lesson plan on commercial spaceflight targets adults and teens in a group setting, enhancing their listening and speaking skills. Students will work together to discuss their thoughts on space tourism, analyze quotes from industry leaders, and answer questions based on an informative video. The lesson structure includes group discussions, video comprehension activities, and opinion-sharing, allowing participants to articulate their viewpoints and arguments effectively while exploring the implications of commercial spaceflight.

Skills

  • Students can understand recordings in the standard form of the language likely to be encountered in social, professional or academic life and identify viewpoints and attitudes as well as the information content.
  • Can develop a clear argument, expanding and supporting their points of view at some length with subsidiary points and relevant examples.
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1

In small groups,  answer the questions.

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What are your thoughts on the idea of space tourism?
2
Would you be interested in traveling to space if given the opportunity?
3
What do you believe are the benefits and drawbacks of commercial space flight?
2

In pairs, discuss the following quotations. Paraphrase each one and explain what the authors meant.

3

Watch the video and answer the questions.

4

Watch the video one more time and fill in the gaps in the summary.

5

In pairs, discuss if the advantages of commercial spaceflight outweigh the disadvantages. Explain why.

6

Divide into groups of 4 people. Distribute opinions below among people in the group. Each of you should prove the point of view you got and come up with arguments.

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