technology

Lesson plans

a woman in a sensory deprivation tank doing floatation therapy

Beyond the senses: exploring floatation tanks

Speaking: brainstorming vocabulary related to the senses, conversation questions
Video: How sensory deprivation and floating impacts the brain
Vocabulary: verbs related to the different senses (stare, gaze, eavesdrop, overhear, nibble, devour)

B2 / C1

Health, Lifestyle

6:15

How green are electric cars?

Vocabulary: electric vehicles and sustainability (life cycle analysis, a silver bullet, emission-free at the tailpipe, greenwashing, power grid)
Grammar: linking contrasting ideas (although, despite, in spite of, while, yet)
Speaking: conversation questions, debates, evaluating advantages and disadvantages

B2 / C1

Environment, Technology

5:00

seen from behind woman using text to image AI generator

Productivity and AI tools

Reading: Productivity techniques
Vocabulary: productivity and time management (optimize your workflow, effective task prioritization, overcome procrastination, a state of flow)
Idioms: a game-changer, to do the heavy-lifting, to save the day, at your fingertips

B1 / B2

Business, Technology

3:11

Can Meta’s Threads kill Twitter?

Vocabulary: leverage, privacy concern, challenger, buzz, direct competitor
Video: Meta’s new Threads app ignites social media war with Twitter
Speaking: social media platforms, competition

B2 / C1

Business, Technology

3:01

updated

Robot appointed as CEO

Vocabulary: personality adjectives (biased, decisive, fearless, selfless)
Vocabulary: verbs (threaten, enable, take over, wear out)
Speaking: conversation questions, debate, evaluating alternatives

B2 / C1

Technology

3:12

ChatGPT

Vocabulary: ChatGPT (human-like, large-scale customisation, reliance, infringe)
Reading: Applications of ChatGPT in 5 industries
Video: What is ChatGPT and why does it have educators worried?

B2 / C1

Business, Technology

3:28

a smart jacket with integrated technology

Are smart clothes the future?

Vocabulary: smart clothing features (track, monitor, wearable chip)
Vocabulary: synonyms of “innovative” (revolutionary, pioneering, groundbreaking)
Video: Japan Smart Clothing: Researchers design clothes that monitor health.

B1 / B2

Sports & Action, Technology

2:46

Paying with your face?

Vocabulary: biometric data (fingerprints, facial recognition, voice recognition)
Video: Mastercards trials paying with your face
Speaking: conversation questions, advantages and disadvantages, debate