Students watch a CBS News interview about young climate activists winning a Montana climate case and practise language for legal arguments, constitutional rights, climate policy and youth activism.
Street art can make a city more vibrant, but it can also create problems if it is badly planned or disconnected from the community. This lesson asks when urban art improves quality of life and when it becomes only decoration.
Students watch an educational video about money laundering and practise language for financial crime awareness, anti-money-laundering compliance, suspicious transactions and responsible reporting.
Students watch a video about how graphs can mislead or manipulate audiences. The lesson develops language for data literacy, visual persuasion, distorted scales, cherry-picking and critical interpretation.
Students watch a comic video about unproductive meeting behaviours and practise language for managing brainstorming, interruptions, time pressure, note-taking and difficult participants.
Soccer has a language of its own. Some phrases are technical, some are metaphorical, and some sound strange if you are not a regular fan. This lesson explores how those phrases help people understand tactics and strategy.
Students watch a video about logical fallacies and learn how persuasive language can appeal to emotions, simplify complex issues and make weak arguments sound convincing.
Students watch a video about the International Space Station and practise language for scientific research, microgravity, space exploration, technology benefits and international collaboration.
Students watch a business video about greenwashing and practise language for sustainability claims, consumer trust, carbon offsets, ESG funds and environmental regulation.
Students watch a video about the journey of sushi from a fish-preservation method to a global food trend and discuss how food changes when it moves across cultures.
Students watch a video about hidden meanings in famous logos and practise language for describing symbols, branding, interpretation and visual identity.
Students watch a video about heuristics and cognitive biases, then discuss how quick mental shortcuts can help us make decisions but also narrow our thinking and affect difficult conversations.
Students watch a video about Blue Ocean Strategy and Cirque du Soleil, then practise language for market creation, competition, differentiation, value innovation and strategic positioning.
