In this B2 level lesson plan, students explore question-dodging techniques through varied exercises including matching definitions, rearranging scrambled words, identifying phrases in texts, comparing problematic avoidance strategies, and video comprehension.
Warm-up
Students read statements and decide which question-dodging technique they describe.
Video
Students watch an informative video titled “Taylor Swift Dodging Interview Questions Non-Stop.” After viewing, they pick which aspects were mentioned in the video.
Exercises
Language skills are reinforced through various activities. Students fill gaps in a conversation with the provided phrases. 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 why people dodge questions and answer questions about the text to test reading comprehension.
Discussion
For each pair of question-dodging techniques, students choose which one is more problematic in their opinion.
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