LESSON 3A LISTENING AND VOCABULARY - Helping others
📑 Article Contents
1. SPEAKING ACTIVITY - PERSONAL HEROES
- Are they real or fictional?
- What special skills do they have?
- Who is your favourite hero in a film? What did you think of them?
Students' own answers
2. VOCABULARY PRACTICE
crime, fighters, innocent, justice system, others, save, villains
- The opposite of 'guilty' is innocent.
- Not all superhero film characters are crime fighters; some of them are bad guys.
- Another word for bad guys is villains.
- Police officers, lawyers and judges work in the justice system.
- People who work for charities spend their time helping others.
- The emergency services save us from danger.
3. LISTENING COMPREHENSION
a) are less popular now than they were in the 1930s.
b) tend to be unpopular when society has problems.
c) are more popular now than they were in the 1930s.
a) They take the law into their own hands.
b) They make the police look bad.
c) They sometimes accidentally hurt innocent people.
a) They use modern technology.
b) You can watch them on computers.
c) They are a chance to escape from real life.
4. SPEAKING AND REFLECTION ACTIVITIES
- Which superpower(s) would you like to have?
- Are superhero comic books and films relevant to our lives?
- Are real-life superheroes fantastic or ridiculous?
Students' own answers
Students' own answers
Students' own answers
📚 RELATED ENGLISH LESSONS
🎧 Listening & Vocabulary
The Next Step - Lesson 5A Listening and Vocabulary📖 Reading & Vocabulary
Time to Move Lesson 2A Reading and Vocabulary - Holidays✍️ Writing Skills
The Next Step - Lesson 7A Writing - Personal Statement🔗 RELIABLE SOURCES & REFERENCES
🌐 English Learning & Society Resources:
https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/skills/speaking - Discussion topics and activities
https://www.si.edu/spotlight/superheroes - Cultural impact of superheroes
https://www.ted.com/topics/helping+others - Inspirational talks about assistance
https://www.psychologytoday.com/basics/heroism - Psychological aspects of heroism