Healthy habits

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 questions on the topic of healthy living, gradually narrowing it to the theme of habits that promote good health.

Activity 2: Students will brainstorm words related to healthy habits and categorise them under different headings.

The presentation material for this lesson is two collections of images related to healthy habits. You can find these on the student handout and e-lesson versions.

Activity 3: Students will be shown five icon images and must identify the healthy habits they represent. They will then discuss what advice each icon might suggest and why these habits are important.

Activity 4: Students will write a one-sentence description for each image, focusing on key details and clear communication.

Activity 5: Students will describe the images in more detail by answering guided questions about each scene.

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 take part in a follow-up discussion based on the images they looked at in the previous activity.

Activity 7: Students are given eight healthy habit tips and must choose the one they think is most beneficial for each situation, as shown in the images.

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

Activity 8: Students will discuss quotes related to healthy habits. They’ll interpret the meaning, share opinions, and relate them to their own lives.

Activity 9: In this activity, students take on the role of a health-related expert and give habit advice based on their ‘area of expertise’.

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 will discuss innovations that help people build and maintain healthy habits.

Activity 11: Students will debate whether people today are too focused on health and wellbeing routines.

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 a daily routine and write a short essay reflecting on the habits discussed.