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Technology Unit: ESL Activities for Teens

Phones, apps, social media and AI: a unit teens care about, and a natural home for comparatives.

Age
Ages 12–17
Level
A2–B2
Skill
Vocabulary · Speaking
Time
45 min
Format
Teacher guide
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What's in the pack

7 free resources from the site, ready for the board or the printer.

A 45-minute lesson

One way to run the pack as a full lesson. Swap any step for your coursebook's own activity.

  1. 5min

    1. Warm-up

    Ask: 'No phone for a week or no music for a month?' Students move to one side of the room and give a reason.

  2. 10min

    2. Present

    Comparatives slides as a quick model, then compare two real devices on the board (faster, cheaper, more useful).

    Grammar slides: bigger, faster (comparatives) →
  3. 15min

    3. Speak

    The B1 technology questions in pairs; swap partners halfway.

    Discussion questions: Technology →
  4. 10min

    4. Practise

    Superlatives: groups rank five inventions from most to least important and justify the top one.

    Grammar slides: the biggest (superlatives) →
  5. 5min

    5. Wrap-up

    One social-media question for homework: answer it in three sentences.

    Discussion questions: Social Media →

Total: 45 minutes

Three extra practice tasks

Written for this theme, no printing needed. Use them as fillers, homework ideas or a second lesson.

  1. 1. App designers

    Groups invent an app that solves a school problem: name, what it does, why it's better than what exists.

    Model languageOur app reminds you about deadlines. It's simpler than a calendar.

  2. 2. Life without it

    Each pair picks a gadget and lists three ways their day would be different without it.

    Model languageWithout my phone, I'd have to use a paper map. I'd get lost!

  3. 3. Tech survey

    Students write four 'How often…?' questions, survey five classmates and report the results in percentages.

    Model languageSixty percent of us check our phones before breakfast.