This is a fantastic resource for using TED Talks in the classroom or with individual students be it, online or private tutoring.
TED Talks provide the perfect opportunity to improve student listening skills, conversational skills, vocabulary and their expression of opinions.
In this well thought out 10 page work sheet, students will complete the following:
Section 1 - Before watching activities to stimulate student interest and activate previous knowledge and understanding related to vocabulary. This includes discussion questions and vocabulary related to the video.
Section 2 - students will watch the video.
Section 3 - Students will complete vocabulary activities to cement understanding the vocabulary used in the video. They will learn the vocabulary through context and quotes from the video are provided.
Section 4 - Students will be introduced to idioms used in the video and additional idioms (related to food) used by English speakers. Students will construct their own sentences using these idioms.
Section 5 - Students will review vocabulary from the video by completing a crossword puzzle.
Answer key included.
Credit: The 3am Teacher for the cover sheet background.