In this C2 level lesson plan, students explore the open source AI revolution through DeepSeek’s impact, using advanced technical language and industry concepts.
Warm-up
Students read statements and decide which AI development approach they describe.
Video
Students watch an informative video titled “AI stocks plunge as China’s DeepSeek sends shock wave through Wall Street.” After viewing, they complete a matching exercise connecting sentence beginnings with appropriate endings based on the video content.
Exercises
Language skills are reinforced through various activities. Students fill gaps in a conversation with the provided phrases/words. In the second exercise, they rearrange letters to create words. Lastly, they find phrases in a text that correspond to a list of given definitions.
Reading
Students read a text about the AI open source revolution and answer questions about the text to test reading comprehension.
Discussion
For each pair of AI development characteristics, students choose which one is more significant in the open source revolution.
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