Our Love Affair with Cats

This Upper-Intermediate speaking lesson explores humanity’s fascination with cats through engaging discussion activities, debate exercises, and conversation practice that helps students express opinions about pet ownership and animal relationships.

Warm-up

The lesson starts with students discussing their thoughts and experiences with cats.

Video

Students watch a video called “Why Humans Are Obsessed with Cats.” Afterward, they discuss the key ideas from the video using helpful phrases and expressions.

Speaking Activities

Students read statements about cats and practice agreeing or disagreeing while explaining their opinions. They then choose three statements and try to argue the opposite viewpoint. Next, learners share their cat preferences using guided prompts. Students also sort cat-related vocabulary into categories and explain their choices. Finally, they discuss various scenarios using provided conversation expressions.

Discussion

The lesson concludes with students reading about celebrity cats on social media and having a discussion about this cultural phenomenon.