The great population debate lesson

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Advanced (C1 – C2) Unit 5 Lesson 4B

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ESL teens lesson: The great population debate

Unit 5, Lesson 4B

The great population debate

Level: Advanced (C1 – C2).

In this lesson students debate the important global issue of overpopulation and report on conclusions reached during this debate. They also explore language used to talk about statistics and read a text based on some surprising data sets.

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  • Explore opposing views on the issue of overpopulation and discuss the possible dangers of this.
  • Debate a controversial issue and report on the conclusions you reached on this.
  • Extract the main arguments and supporting evidence from several texts.
  • Explore lexis used to talk about statistical information, its collection and applications.

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For this ESL teens course, use either the PDF mini-textbooks (print out copies for each student), or if you have a projector or large screen you can use PowerPoint lessons slides. In both cases, follow the lesson through as it appears in the materials.

The lesson is self-explanatory and doesn’t require any planning – just read through the lesson first to familiarize yourself with the lesson.

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2. Read through the materials before class to familiarize yourself with the lesson objectives and tasks.

3. Teach! Our materials do not require any planning, simply follow the lesson in the materials – everything is self explanatory.

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