Lifestyle and Community
ESL Lesson PlansLifestyle and Community

Lifestyle and Community

This ESL lesson plan for adults (B2 level) focuses on listening, reading and speaking skills. Students explore the concepts of lifestyle, community, and multiculturalism through video comprehension, vocabulary matching, and group discussions. Activities include analyzing city profiles, matching individuals to cities, and reflecting on personal experiences in a multicultural context. The lesson emphasizes cultural understanding and encourages meaningful dialogue about inclusivity and diverse lifestyles.

Skills

  • Can explain features of their own culture to members of another culture or explain features of the other culture to members of their own culture.
  • Can scan longer texts in order to locate desired information, and gather information from different parts of a text, or from different texts in order to fulfill a specific task.
Online Interactive
Based on CEFR
Fully Customizable
1

Warm-up

1. Have you ever moved to a different country or city? What was your experience like? 2. In pairs, order these things from the most important to the least important for your lifestyle and/or the place where you live. Justify your choice. Then add 2 more things that can have an impact on you: - ethnic diversity - societal values - relaxed environment - access to shops and restaurants - comfortable accommodation - being physically close to family - reliable transport - mentality
2

Watch the video and mark the statements as True or False.

3

Individually, match 4 people to the cities that seem to be a good match for them. Then discuss the chosen matches with your group.

4

Discuss the following questions in pairs.

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