Data: The Most Valuable Resource

This C1-level lesson examines data as the world’s most valuable resource through vocabulary exercises, debates, and role plays.

Reading: 

Students read a text about data as a commodity and answer a question about the text to test reading comprehension.

Video:

Students watch an informative video titled “How Online Data Is the New Oil.” 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 complete the gaps in sentences with correct words. In the second exercise, they complete sentences so that they have a similar meaning to the original sentences. Finally, they engage in a role play exercise using provided phrases.

Discussion:

Students answer a series of questions.