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In this lesson, we talk about optimism and pessimism. First, students analyse a few pictures depicting different scenarios. Then they learn some vocabulary from the listening task: a podcast on why some people are optimists and why others are pessimists. After a grammar task exploring the gerund, they will answer a fun quiz to find out where they fall on optimism, pessimism or realism, and do two extension activities that call back on previous tasks, while giving them the opportunity to put themselves in the shoes of optimists and pessimists.
by Edward Alden
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17 November 2024
Sally
Thanks for a good conversation topic.
2 February 2021
Clarissa
This is a good start, but definitely wouldn't be 45 minutes for a B2-C1 student. I think it would last 20 minutes at most. I'll likely use it as a starting point and try to flesh it out with other activities.
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