ESL Lesson Plan What Is Big Data?

Level: C1-C2
Time: 90 min
Media: Video + Article

Lesson Overview

What is big data? How is big data used in business? What are the advantages of it? Discuss these questions and much, much more relating to the topic in this ESL lesson plan on big data.

The lesson begins with an awesome fact or fiction activity which is sure to get your students talking. Afterwards, students will study and discuss specific video…

What is big data? How is big data used in business? What are the advantages of it? Discuss these questions and much, much more relating to the topic in this ESL lesson plan on big data.

The lesson begins with an awesome fact or fiction activity which is sure to get your students talking. Afterwards, students will study and discuss specific video questions. The questions dissect each stage of the video while relating the questions back to their own professional lives.

Your students will love the final half of this lesson as there are multiple fun speaking activities. Firstly, students are presented with a series of engaging debate statements which are sure to ignite a fiery discussion. Next, there is a quotes section, and this ESL lesson plan on big data finishes with an excellent “would you rather" activity. This ESL lesson plan on big data follows a tight structure:

Activity Layout

Warm Up.
Fact of Fiction.
Video: Comprehension.
Advantages and disadvantages.
Video Discussion.
Debate.
Quotes.
Would you rather?

Homework

As with all adult lesson plans on ESL Pals, there is a homework task to supplement this C1 C2 ESL lesson plan. Students are challenged to complete a series of exercises which follows on from the lesson.

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Video: Writing task

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