Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics
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Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics

Lesson overview

In this C2 ESL lesson students will acquire and employ sophisticated vocabulary related to statistics, data analysis, and critical thinking, enhancing their ability to discuss complex statistical concepts in English with precision.

 

Warm-Up

Begin with a game in which students will guess which statistics are true and which are not.

 

Video

Play a short educational video titled “How statistics can be misleading.” After watching, students perform exercises to solidify their knowledge.

 

Exercises

In this section, students will complete the gaps in a story using the words given. In the second exercise, they will improve the flow of the sentences, focusing on clarity, concision, and logical progression of ideas.

 

Reading

Students will read a short story about misleading data and answer questions to the text.

 

Discussion

By the end of the lesson, students will answer general statistics related questions in order to spark a discussion.

 

 

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