Seeing Isn't Always Believing
ESL Lesson PlansSeeing Isn't Always Believing

Seeing Isn't Always Believing

This ESL lesson plan engages advanced learners in a thought-provoking session focused on listening, speaking, and grammar skills. Through group discussions, video analysis, and vocabulary exercises, students explore the implications of deepfake technology and its impact on reality. The lesson also includes collaborative problem-solving activities where participants address ethical dilemmas and brainstorm solutions to real-world scenarios. Perfect for fostering critical thinking and language proficiency in a dynamic classroom setting.

Skills

  • Can easily follow and contribute to complex interactions between third parties in group discussion even on abstract, complex unfamiliar topics.
  • Can frame a discussion to decide a course of action with a partner or group, reporting on what others have said, summarising, elaborating and weighing up multiple points of view.
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1

Discuss in pairs.

1
How do you define reality?
2
Do you think technology has changed our perception of reality?
3
Do you believe that our senses are reliable sources of information for determining reality? Provide examples to prove your point.
2

Watch the video and answer the questions.

3

Read the text about deepfakes. What are the dangers of them?

4

Complete the facts from the text.

5

Match the words and phrases from the text to their definitions.

6

Create your own sentences with the prompts below.

7

Work in pairs. Together, pick one of the following scenarios where deepfake videos could cause harm. Brainstorm solutions.