Dangers in Olympic Snow Sports
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Dangers in Olympic Snow Sports

This B1–B2 ESL lesson plan explores dangers in sports through a news-based reading about skiing and snowboarding crashes at the 2026 Winter Olympics. Designed for adults, this reading lesson plan builds vocabulary such as risk, concussion, and protective gear, develops comprehension skills, and leads into a structured debate on regulating extreme sports. Includes interactive tasks and discussion, making it ideal for ESL intermediate lesson plans for adults focused on speaking and critical thinking.

Skills

  • Can exploit a basic repertoire of language and strategies to help keep a conversation or discussion going.
  • Can help the discussion along on familiar ground, confirming comprehension, inviting others in, etc.
Online Interactive
Based on CEFR
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1

Discuss the questions as a group.

1. What comes to mind when you hear "danger in sports"? 2. What sports do you consider dangerous? 3. Have you ever had injuries related to sports? 4. Why do people still do risky sports?
2

Match these words to their definitions.

3

Read the text quickly.

4

Match the athlete with what happened to them.

5

Discuss these questions.

6

Should extreme sports (like Olympic snowboarding/skiing) be more strictly regulated? Pick your side. Add 2-3 statements to pros or cons according to your opinion.