Websites and Apps

A2 · Elementary1 hr 7 minIT & TechnologyLesson 2 of 8 · Outline

Aims

Goal: explain what happens behind a website — front-end, back-end, database — in simple words, using one everyday example.

The lesson, stage by stage

  1. Warm up5 min

    Warm-up: What happens when you click?

    2 warm-up questions

  1. Reading10 min

    Reading: How Websites Work

    Read a 112-word text about How Websites Work

  2. Vocabulary8 min

    Vocabulary: Web Development Terms

    6 items

  3. Reading10 min

    Reading: The pizza order — a model explanation

    Read a 219-word text about The pizza order — a model explanation

  4. Practice7 min

    Practice: Website Terms

    Gap-fill exercise, 5 items

  5. Practice7 min

    Practice: Put the Words in Order

    Word-ordering exercise, 4 items

  6. Dialogue10 min

    Dialogue: Asking About a Website

    Role-play: You want to understand a new company website (6 lines)

  7. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: Your mission: explain your favourite app

    3 discussion questions

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Target vocabulary

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