Gadgets and inventions

Our speaking lessons follow a consistent six-stage structure: warm-up, presentation (with video, images, or reading), controlled practice, free conversation, deeper discussion, and a final homework task to introduce in class.

Lessons come with a printable student worksheet and a teacher version containing notes and answers. For online teaching, we provide an editable Google Slides e-lesson that can be downloaded or exported to PowerPoint.

The purpose of this stage is to activate your students' existing knowledge and prepare them for the lesson's theme.

Activity 1: You will lead a warm-up discussion by asking students broad questions about gadgets and discussing several images of people using some common gadgets.

Activity 2: Students will take part in an interview activity where they ask each other questions about the gadgets in their lives.

The presentation material for this lesson is a collection of images of gadgets. The activities on the student handout and e-lesson versions support these images.

Activity 3: Students will match words to images of gadgets.

Activity 4: The students will work in pairs to describe a few of the gadgets using the prompt questions to guide them.

Activity 5: For this activity, students will match adjectives to gadgets and use them to give more detailed descriptions.

To reinforce their understanding of the new language or concepts introduced in the lesson, the students will work on a couple of controlled practice activities.

Activity 6: Students will work individually or in pairs to match each word with its correct synonym.

Activity 7: In this activity, students will rank some household gadgets based on their usefulness and justify their choices.

We move into free practice for this stage, where the students apply the language in more open-ended, communicative activities.

Activity 8: Students will select a gadget and prepare a sales pitch to present to the class.

Activity 9: In this activity, students will debate a few statements, taking opposing sides to practise persuasive language.

This stage allows students to explore the lesson’s theme in more depth, tackling complex ideas and expressing their thoughts and opinions on related topics.

Activity 10: Students are presented with hypothetical dilemmas related to gadgets and inventions. They must choose between two options and justify their choice in detail.

Activity 11: Students will choose a gadget or invention they believe should be removed from society and present their arguments to their classmates.

Finally, we'll encourage students to extend their learning outside of the classroom to reinforce the language and concepts covered during the lesson.

Homework task: Students will watch a video about some fun modern gadgets and write a short essay on their favourite one.