Meet Pi, your personal AI pal

The main goals of this ESL lesson plan are to:

• – Build technology and emotional support vocabulary including collocations like “light-hearted conversation” and “genuine emotions” through matching exercises in this upper intermediate ESL lesson plan.
• – Boost comprehension and discussion skills by watching videos about Pi AI, answering comprehension questions, and reflecting on chatbot technology for adult English lessons.
• – Develop speaking and critical thinking by discussing AI chatbots replacing human connection, brainstorming chatbot functions, and participating in conversation class lesson plans designed for these English teaching materials.

In this Upper-Intermediate lesson plan, students will discuss the possibility of AI chatbots’ replacing human-to-human connection, the effect of chatbots answers on people, as well as learn some collocations related to cheering up a person in need.

Warm-up

Students brainstorm what they know about chatbots and their current role in society. They look at a list of functions and guess the mysterious device (an AI chatbot).

Video

Students watch a video about “Pi AI”, answering comprehension questions and reflecting on its content.

Grammar

Focus on collocations related to emotional support and technology. Students match words to form meaningful phrases like “light-hearted conversation” and “genuine emotions.” Mistakes in sentences are identified and corrected.

For more content on AI check out this plan.