Future learning

Introduction

In this lesson learners are provided with an opportunity to think about how schooling or their lives may change in the future. They work with pictures showing two different children, predicting what they might see around them and comparing the full scenarios. They imagine what learning is like in the future for the children in the pictures and write about it, then think about how learning might really change. Finally, there is a short language focus on will and then the learners can do a project on the 'perfect' school of the future.

Learning outcomes

• Practise language for describing and comparing and discuss advantages and disadvantages
• Develop listening, reading and writing skills
• Identify and use will for saying what we feel sure about the future
• Imagine a positive future

Age/ Level

Aged 9–12 (CEFR level A2+)

Time

90-125 minutes. This could be done over 2 or multiple lessons to create a mini-project.

Materials

• F2F lesson plan
• Online lesson plan
• Presentation - This can replace worksheet 3 and 4
• Worksheet 1 - Reading activity A
• Worksheet 2 - Reading activity B
• Worksheet 3 - Picture 1A and 2A for F2F lesson
• Worksheet 4 - Picture 1B and 2B for F2F lesson

See our other lesson plans in this series for primary students

• Primary student well-being
• Learning at home (comparisons of lockdown around the world)
• New things learned during lockdown