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Unit 2: The Digital Mind Lesson 5A Listening and Vocabulary - Drones

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Lesson 5A Listening and Vocabulary - Drones

🚁 Lesson Contents

💬 Discussion

🎧 Listening

📚 Vocabulary

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💬 PAIR DISCUSSION

Exercise 1 - Work in pairs. Have you ever seen or flown a drone? Where and when? Would you like to fly one? Say why.

🧠 Main Idea: Students share personal experiences and opinions about drones to activate prior knowledge and build interest in the topic through personal connections and curiosity about drone technology.

This exercise encourages students to reflect on their personal encounters with drone technology, whether through observation or direct experience, and to express their interest in learning to operate drones while considering the practical applications and excitement of this modern technology.

🎧 LISTENING COMPREHENSION

Exercise 2 - Listen to a podcast interview about drones and choose the best summary of what it is about.

✔ Answer: b – Different uses of drones

🧠 Main Idea: The podcast focuses on various modern applications of drones such as in aerial photography, search and rescue operations, package deliveries, agricultural monitoring, and emergency response situations, highlighting how drone technology is transforming multiple industries and everyday activities.

Exercise 4 - Listen again and decide if statements 1–6 are true (T), false (F), or if the information is not given (NG).

Statement	Answer
1	F
2	T
3	NG
4	F
5	NG
6	NG

🧠 Main Idea: Students practice identifying specific information in a podcast through True/False/Not Given questions, developing their listening comprehension skills and ability to distinguish between stated information, incorrect information, and information that wasn't mentioned in the audio content.

📚 VOCABULARY & APPLICATIONS

Exercise 3 - Complete the uses of drones shown in the photographs with the words from the box.

Use	Answer
1	deliveries
2	search
3	law
4	map
5	photography
6	weather

🧠 Main Idea: Students learn about specific drone applications by matching images to vocabulary, helping them understand the diverse practical uses of drone technology in fields such as package delivery, emergency services, law enforcement, geographical mapping, creative photography, and meteorological monitoring.

Exercise 5 - In pairs, discuss these questions: