Lesson Overview
This B2 conversation class is designed to help students build confidence in speaking, improve fluency, and use English naturally in real-life situations. The class is engaging and interactive, making learning feel less like a lesson and more like a genuine conversation.
In this lesson on crime, students will explore a wide range of topics, including the reasons people commit crimes, different types of crime, punishments, and the social and cultural aspects of law and justice. Learners will share opinions, analyze real-life case studies, and discuss moral dilemmas, while reflecting on how society responds to crime.
The lesson is carefully structured to provide support while encouraging independent discussion, helping students make progress in English through meaningful, thought-provoking conversation.
Activities:
- Warm Up: This or that?
- Criminal or not?
- Decide the punishment.
- Why do people commit crimes?
- Case studies.
- Phrasal verbs.
- Discussion
- Debate.
- Would you rather?
Homework:
As always, with the ESL lesson plans from ESL Pals, there is a detailed homework task so students can continue learning in their free time. Here, the students are given an article analysis task in which they can practise; writing, reading and expanding their vocabulary and grammar knowledge.
- Article: Why do people commit crimes?
- Writing task.
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