Talking Habits. Part 2

In this lesson, your students will:

• Predict natural expressions based on context before listening.
• Listen to short audio clips and complete gapped monologues using accurate vocabulary.
• Sort phrases into categories and match them with definitions to boost understanding and retention.
• Correct false definitions and clarify subtle differences in meaning.
• Practice sentence transformations and paraphrasing to build fluency.
• Apply expressions in real-time through sentence completion and open-ended prompts.
• Use target phrases in a creative game to encourage sharing and spontaneous speaking.
• Watch two short video clips and retell what happened using the lesson vocabulary.
• Reflect on personal experiences and engage in meaningful discussions using newly learned expressions.

This lesson contains up to 15 interactive exercises that familiarize and help students practice idioms related to communication in context through listening and speaking exercises, and encourage them to use the idioms to describe real-life situations or express personal experiences.

Vocabulary: put your foot in it, fish for compliments, etc

Additional resources: LearningApps, Wordwall, Quizlet

Tags: Listening, Speaking, Vocabulary, Functional Language, Discourse, Text-Based