Technology in Daily Life

All levels47 minConversation StartersLesson 6 of 8 · Outline

Aims

Goal: describe your real tech habits — apps, scrolling, screen time — and give a balanced opinion with “on the one hand… on the other hand…”.

The lesson, stage by stage

  1. Warm up5 min

    Warm-up: You and your phone

    2 warm-up questions

  1. Reading10 min

    Reading: Living in a Digital World

    Read a 213-word text about Living in a Digital World

  2. Vocabulary8 min

    Vocabulary: Technology Vocabulary

    6 items

  3. Practice7 min

    Practice: Match the Technology Terms

    Matching exercise, 6 items

  4. Practice7 min

    Practice: Fix the Technology Sentences

    Error-correction exercise, 5 items

  5. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: Technology Discussion

    5 discussion questions

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Target vocabulary

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app (application)scrollnotificationscreen timestreamdigital detox

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