Why Are More Adults Living With Their Parents?

In this C1 ESL lesson, students explore why more adults are living with their parents. They discuss the social and economic drivers, and practice advanced vocabulary, connectors, and idioms for talking about independence, housing, and family life. 

Warm-up:

Students think of reasons for the rise in adults living with their parents.

Video:

Students watch a video titled “More adults are moving in with their parents as the U.S. affordability crisis deepens.” After watching the video, they answer a few questions.

Exercises:

The students complete sentences with correct words. In the second exercise, they insert the most suitable connector into sentences. Finally, the learners rephrase sentences to include an idiom.

Reading:

Learners read a short text and answer a few questions about it.

Discussion:

The students discuss a number of questions about the topic of the lesson.