LESSON PLAN FOR ENGLISH TEACHERSGAMING
Jan. 25, 2022
Level: Intermediate (B1-B2)
Type of English: English for Teenagers
Tags: Entertainment; Hobby; 16-18 Years Old; 13-15 Years Old; Article Based; Vocabulary and Grammar
Publication date: 01/25/2022
The topic of this lesson is video games. Students will read an article about how new research claims that a certain amount of gaming is helpful in improving academic performance at school. Students learn level-appropriate vocabulary to talk about video games. They will listen to three teenagers talking about the amount of time they spend on game consoles. Students will practice understanding vocabulary in context and focus on word building. Students will also take on the role of one of the teenagers they hear in a roleplay and have an opportunity to write about one of their favorite video games. In addition to this, students have the real-world task of making a wish list for the video games they would like to play. (by Richard Moon)
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AUDIO TRANSCRIPT
Jay: I’m not really into computer games. We don’t even have a TV in our house. My family loves the outdoors – you’re more likely to find me on a bike halfway up a mountain than in a dark room shooting random zombies – doing that too often can’t be great for your mental health! I’m not saying I don’t enjoy playing them sometimes, like when I’m visiting friends or my cousins. One of my cousins got a virtual reality headset which is pretty cool, but I just prefer to do other things. And, because I only play them once or twice a year, I’m terrible at them too, and I always lose or get killed after a few seconds, which isn’t that much fun.
Emily: To be honest, you can’t get me away from a screen most of the time. Me and my brother and sister sit down together after school every day and spend a couple of hours playing lots of different games – maybe we should cut down on the time we spend on them, but they’re so much fun and the graphics are so good these days that it’s like you’re in the game. The best thing is playing other people in multiplayer games either online or with my brother and sister if they are around. I’m really into programming as well and I’d love to be a game designer when I’m older – I’d like to create some kind of real-time strategy game – that’d be so cool. I’ve already looked into a few degrees that I could study at university when I leave school.
Otto: Yeah, I play video games when I get the chance. I have a couple of game consoles, but I don’t play on them as much as I used to. When I was a bit younger, I remember I’d be begging my mom for more screen time. I’d be shouting ‘just one more game’ but she’d always say ‘that’s enough, put it away now’ – it was probably for the best, and she’d never let me play on weekdays. I suppose I’m just so busy with loads of other stuff now - it’s an important year at school and I always have homework, too. I still like to play racing games for an hour or so now and again, or maybe a football game, but I just use the computer as an opponent – I can’t be bothered with playing people online. I usually keep it for weekends, like a rainy Sunday afternoon when I’m bored and alone.
Adapted from: https://www.linguahouse.com/esl-lesson-plans/english-for-teenagers/gaming. Accessed on June 24, 2024. © 2008–2024 LinguaHouse.com. All rights reserved.
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