Stranger Things
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Stranger Things

This engaging ESL lesson plan based on the TV series Stranger Things is designed for C1 learners to develop advanced listening and speaking skills. The lesson structure includes a warm-up discussion, a listening activity using a show clip, and a role-play exercise in a "town meeting" format where students debate mysterious events and safety measures in character. Through these immersive exercises, students enhance critical thinking and fluency, tackling formal and informal language in a dynamic context.

Skills

  • Can argue a formal position convincingly, responding to questions and comments and answering complex lines of counter-argument fluently, spontaneously and appropriately.
  • Can follow films employing a considerable degree of slang and idiomatic usage.
Online Interactive
Based on CEFR
Fully Customizable
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Warm up: Have you seen this one?

Read the description and answer the questions.
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Set in a small 1980s town, this series follows a group of kids who encounter mysterious and terrifying events after a young boy suddenly disappears. As his friends search for him, they uncover a secret government experiment, a parallel dimension filled with horrifying creatures, and a girl with supernatural abilities. The adults in town, including a determined mother and a gritty police chief, also get swept into the strange occurrences as dark forces begin to threaten their world. With themes of friendship, bravery, and the supernatural, this series mixes suspense, nostalgia, and horror in a story that keeps the stakes high and the mysteries haunting. 1. Can you recognize the TV series from the description? If you have seen the series, did you enjoy it? 2. If you haven't seen it before, does it sound like a show you'd enjoy watching? Why (not)?
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Let's watch a clip!

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Emergency meeting: Character preparation

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Emergency meeting: Hawking's citizens

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