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Lesson plans

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

a couple zip lining in a forest having an adventure

Adventure tourism and extreme tourism

Vocabulary: adventure tourism activities
Vocabulary: expressions about adventure tourism (adrenaline rush, adrenaline junkie, get a high, uncharted territory)
Video: “Adventure tourism scrutinized after Titanic submersible tragedy”

B2 / C1

Lifestyle

4:54

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Travel destinations

*Formerly “Travelling in 2022”

Vocabulary: adjectives (breathtaking, crystal clear, bustling)
Functional language: evaluating experiences
Phrasal verbs: travelling (embark on, kick off, get away)

B1 / B2

Lifestyle

3:40

Tourist traps

Vocabulary: tourist traps (overpriced, touristy, overrated, tacky, to live up to, rip-off)
Vocabulary: giving cautions and warnings (beware of, watch out for, steer clear of, think twice before)
Video: The worst tourist traps in London

B2 / C1

Lifestyle

6:37

a young man lounging on a bed on a balcony

Are staycations the new vacations?

Vocabulary: staycation ideas
Grammar: talking about the future (future simple, future with “going to”, and present continuous)
Speaking: conversation questions, creating and continuing a dialogue, evaluating ideas, making plans

A2 / B1

Lifestyle

1:47

a world map with a passport and a camera

Dark tourism

Vocabulary: adjectives (morbid, emotionally draining, creepy)
Video: How to do Dark Tourism respectfully
Collocations: tourist hotspot, hallowed grounds, morbid fascination