ESL Lesson Plan Are Hobbies A Waste Of Time?

Level
B2
Time
90 min
Media
Video + Article
Are Hobbies A Waste Of Time?

Lesson Overview

This B2 ESL lesson explores the question “Are hobbies a waste of time?” and encourages students to express opinions, give reasons, and debate ideas in a natural way. It introduces useful vocabulary for talking about free time, priorities, work-life balance, and personal development. ESL students will practise speaking, listening, and discussion…

This B2 ESL lesson explores the question “Are hobbies a waste of time?” and encourages students to express opinions, give reasons, and debate ideas in a natural way. It introduces useful vocabulary for talking about free time, priorities, work-life balance, and personal development. ESL students will practise speaking, listening, and discussion skills through engaging and relatable activities. We recommend using this lesson with all B2 level learners as it promotes critical thinking and real-life communication. Activity layout:

Activity Layout

  1. Warm Up: Hobbies
  2. Hobbies: Motivation
  3. Hobbies: Adjectives
  4. Article: Are Hobbies a Waste of Time? 
  5. Audio: How My Hobby Changed My Life
  6. Debate
  7. Discussion.
  8. Game: This or That

Homework

As with all adult lesson plans on ESL Pals, there is a homework task to supplement this B2 ESL lesson plan. Students are challenged to complete a series of exercises which follows on from the lesson.

  1. Article analysis. 
  2. Writing task.

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