Conversations: Reacting to News
ESL Lesson PlansConversations: Reacting to News

Conversations: Reacting to News

This engaging ESL lesson plan focuses on ways to react to news in a conversation, designed for adult and teen learners at a B2 level, lasting 45 minutes in a group setting. Targeting speaking skills, the lesson features interactive tasks, including discussions in pairs, audio comprehension, and reacting to various statements. Activities encourage students to practice appropriate responses in unexpected scenarios, enhancing their conversational fluency and confidence.

Skills

  • Can, in preparing for a potentially complicated or awkward situation, plan what to say in the event of different reactions, reflecting on what expression would be appropriate.
Online Interactive
Based on CEFR
Fully Customizable
1

Discuss the questions in pairs.

1
Have you ever witnessed a surprising encounter between two people?
2
How do you react when you see someone you know in an unexpected situation?
2

Listen to the audio and choose the right summary.

3

Listen to the audio one more time and fill in the gaps.

4

Sort these phrases out.

5

React to these statements in pairs. Then, come up with three of your own statements and share them with your partner. After that, react to your partner's news.

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