Taking a Gap Year

B2 · Upper-intermediate50 minConversation StartersLesson 5 of 8 · Outline

Aims

Goal: discuss gap years and career breaks with nuance — both sides weighed, the privilege question faced, and a purposeful plan of your own.

The lesson, stage by stage

  1. Warm up5 min

    Warm-up: The year between

    2 warm-up questions

  1. Reading10 min

    Reading: The Year Between

    Read a 370-word text about The Year Between

  2. Vocabulary8 min

    Vocabulary: Key Vocabulary

    6 items

  3. Practice7 min

    Practice: Gap Year Language

    Gap-fill exercise, 5 items

  4. Dialogue10 min

    Dialogue: Persuading a Parent

    Role-play: You want to take a gap year, but your parent is worried it will harm your future. (3 lines)

  5. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: Where do you stand?

    6 discussion questions

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Target vocabulary

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