Streaming wars

The main goals of this ESL lesson plan are to:

• – explore the streaming wars and analyze factors influencing streaming service success through various exercises;
• – practice gap-filling activities with adjectives and verbs, reading comprehension, and analytical scenario discussions;
• – watch a video about Netflix hitting subscriber peak and their growth strategies while comparing expectations versus reality.

In this Advanced ESL lesson plan, students explore the streaming wars through various exercises including gap-filling activities with adjectives and verbs, analytical scenarios comparing expectations versus reality, and text-based comprehension questions.

Warm-up: 

From a list of traits students choose top three things that influence the success of a streaming service.

Video:

Students watch a video titled “Netflix Hit a Subscriber Peak. Here Are 3 Strategies They Might Try to Keep Growing.” After viewing, they complete a matching exercise connecting sentence beginnings with appropriate endings based on the video content.

Exercises:

Language skills are reinforced through various activities. Students complete phrases with given verbs. In the second exercise, they fill gaps in sentences with given adjectives.

Reading:

Students read a text about the streaming wars and answer questions about the text to test reading comprehension.

Discussion:

Students read three scenarios and discuss what could have been done differently.