What's with the G20?
ESL Lesson PlansWhat's with the G20?

What's with the G20?

This ESL lesson plan builds vocabulary, enhances listening, and encourages expressing opinions about global forums like the G20. Students explore key terms, discuss international cooperation, and analyze real-world examples through a news transcript activity and comprehension exercises. Interactive tasks like sentence-building and debate-style discussions develop critical thinking and language skills, making this lesson both informative and engaging.

Skills

  • Can understand most documentaries and most other recorded or broadcast material delivered in the standard form of the language and can identify mood, attitude, etc.
  • Can explain a viewpoint on a topical issue giving the advantages and disadvantages of various options.
Online Interactive
Based on CEFR
Fully Customizable
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Warm-up

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Have you heard of the G20 before? What is it?
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What do you think is the purpose of international meetings like the G20?
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Link these words into sentences about global organisations and international forums.

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Watch a recent news piece from CBS and fill in the gaps in the transcript

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Mark the following statements as True or False.

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Brainstorm the challenges

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Do you think the pros outweigh the cons? Why?

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Fill in the gaps in the sentences with the phrases below. Sort the sentences into two groups: advantages and disadvantages. Justify your choice.

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