Introduction

The aim of this lesson is to give students practice in reading for information and argument in an article about consumer society and give them an opportunity to discuss their opinions about the topic
The plan is based around a text from the British Council LearnEnglish website at: http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/magazine-articles/consumer-society

The webpage also has a variety of online interactive activities.

Topic

Consumer items

Level

Upper-intermediate

Time

60-90 mins

Aims:

• To give practice in reading for information and argument
• To discuss their opinions about this topic

Materials

Lesson plan: guide for teacher on procedure including answers to tasks.

Download lesson plan 96k pdf

Worksheets: exercises which can be printed out for use in class. The worksheet contains:

• Ordering activity

• Vocabulary task

• Reading comprehension text

Download worksheet 68k pdf

For more information about this topic you can try:

https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/article/consumer-power

Alastair Bassett, Senior Teacher, Trainer, British Council Prague

The plans and worksheets are downloadable and in pdf format. If you have difficulty downloading the materials see the download section of the Help page.

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