Learning Languages

B1 · Intermediate50 minConversation StartersLesson 7 of 9 · Outline

Aims

Goal: talk about how you learn languages — clear opinions on methods, polite disagreement about apps versus teachers, and a plan you will actually try.

The lesson, stage by stage

  1. Warm up5 min

    Warm-up: Your language story

    2 warm-up questions

  1. Reading10 min

    Reading: The Gift of Languages

    Read a 259-word text about The Gift of Languages

  2. Vocabulary8 min

    Vocabulary: Key Vocabulary

    6 items

  3. Practice7 min

    Practice: Language Learning Vocabulary

    Gap-fill exercise, 5 items

  4. Dialogue10 min

    Dialogue: Language Learning Conversation

    Role-play: You meet someone at a language exchange event and discuss your language learning experiences. (4 lines)

  5. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: Your method, your verdict

    6 discussion questions

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Target vocabulary

In a Tuton account these words become your student's vocabulary deck, so they come back in practice between lessons.

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