Lesson Overview

Your B1 students will benefit from this conversation class as it helps them gain more confidence in speaking, improves their fluency, and encourages them to use English in everyday situations. Plus, it’s a fun and interactive way for them to practice, making learning feel less like a chore and more like a conversation they’d have with friends!

In this B1 ESL conversation lesson plan on social media, students will develop their speaking skills by discussing the benefits and challenges of social media. They will practice expressing opinions and asking and answering questions, using relevant vocabulary. The lesson aims to improve vocabulary, boost fluency, and encourage critical thinking through engaging and interactive discussions.

This B1 ESL conversation lesson plan on social media is designed with a well-defined structure to provide the necessary support to students, enabling them to make progress and fully enjoy the class.

Activities

1. Warm Up: Genres.
2. Key words. 
3. Pros and Cons.
4. Famous Quotes.
5. Discussion. 
6. Debate. 
7. Picture round. 
8. This or that? 

Homework

As always, with the ESL lesson plans from ESL Pals, there is a detailed homework task so students can continue learning in their free time. Here, the students are given an article analysis task in which they can practise; writing, reading and expanding their vocabulary and grammar knowledge. 

1. Article: Benefits of Social Media. 
2. Writing task.