ESL WORKSHEET - Space

LESSON PLAN FOR ENGLISH TEACHERS

SPACE TRAVEL

LinguaHouse
Sept. 19, 2022

Level: Intermediate (B1-B2)
Type of English: English for Teenagers
Tags: The Future and Space; Science and Technology; Travel and Leisure; Giving Opinions; Explaining and Speculating; Prepositions; 13-15 Years Old; 16-18 Years Old; 18+ Years Old; Article Based; Video Talk
Publication date: 09/19/2022

The topic of this lesson is life on other planets and space tourism. Students will read an article about whether plants exist elsewhere in the universe and also watch a video about a space hotel. Students will learn level-appropriate vocabulary to talk about space and space tourism. Students will look at some ‘learning to learn’ strategies for essay writing and will have the opportunity to conduct some of their own research about space (by Richard Moon).

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AUDIO/VIDEO TRANSCRIPT

Woman: US-based space technology start-up Orion Span wants to build the world’s first luxury hotel in space.
Man: It’s going to be a modular space station and it will have its first guests by 2022. The stay, however, does not come cheap. A 12-day adventure will set you back nearly ten million dollars per person.
Woman: Guests will undergo three months of astronaut training before traveling to the station. Two crew members and up to four visitors at a time will experience zero gravity 200 miles above Earth.
Man: Orion Span has already started taking reservations. If you want to book one of those, set aside $80,000 for the privilege.
Woman: Guests will see over a dozen sunrises and sunsets every 24 hours, experiment with growing their own food, and video chat with loved ones on Earth.

Adapted from: https://www.linguahouse.com/esl-lesson-plans/english-for-teenagers/space-travel. Accessed on September 26, 2022. © 2008–2022 LinguaHouse.com. All rights reserved.