How safe is flying?

The main goals of this ESL lesson plan are to:

• – master aviation vocabulary through interactive word guessing games, reading airline customer complaints, and engaging with flight safety charts that reinforce industry-specific terminology;
• – develop sentence inversion techniques through detailed grammar instruction and hands-on rewriting exercises that apply inverted structures for emphasis and stylistic effect;
• – enhance conversational and problem-solving abilities by watching videos about flight safety, participating in discussions that encourage diverse perspectives, and role-playing airline response scenarios from management viewpoints.

This C1 lesson plan focuses on expanding aviation vocabulary and mastering sentence inversion.

Warm-up

We begin with an interactive game where students will guess aviation-related words from the clues provided. It’s a fun way to warm up and get into the topic.

Video

We’ll watch a video titled “How safe is flying by plane?” to spark a discussion. After the video, we’ll dive into its key points with questions that encourage both open and more straightforward answers, aiming to enhance conversational abilities.

Grammar

Here, we’ll take a closer look at inversion — how it flips the usual order of sentences for emphasis or style. We’ll break it down with clear examples to practice its use in different contexts.

Exercises

Students will get to practice what they’ve learned by rewriting sentences to include inversion. It’s a hands-on way to apply grammar.

Reading

The students will read a customer complaint about an airline and discuss how they might respond from the airline’s perspective.

Discussion

To round off the lesson, there will be a discussion based on a flight safety chart. It’s an opportunity to share thoughts and hear different viewpoints, all while using the new vocabulary and grammar structures covered.