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Between Words: Experiencing Life Abroad

Between Words: Experiencing Life Abroad is a 90-minute English B1 lesson plan built around social & global issues. - for Adults & Teenagers

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About this lesson

This ready-to-use B1-level ESL lesson plan on experiencing life abroad helps upper-intermediate English learners explore cultural diversity, etiquette, and the challenges of studying in a new country. Through cultural fact-matching tasks, vocabulary work on homesickness and culture shock, an authentic video with true, false, and not mentioned questions and a gap-fill summary, jigsaw reading and group presentations, and engaging discussion activities, it's ideal for teachers aiming to develop students' intercultural awareness, reading comprehension, and speaking skills at the upper-intermediate level.

Learning outcomes

  • 01Vocabulary
  • 02Listening comprehension
  • 03Conversation, Discussion
  • 04Cultural experience
  • 05Reading comprehension

Studying abroad culture shock

Skills and tags

VocabularyReadingVideoConversationAdultsTeenagersEnglish B1Social & Global Issues

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