Climate Change
This climate change ESL lesson is designed for B1–B2 students and helps learners develop their speaking and vocabulary skills through engaging, topic-based activities. It is ideal for teens and adults and provides meaningful climate change ESL questions and tasks that encourage discussion, critical thinking, and real-world communication.
Level: B1/B2
Time: 75 mins +
This lesson comes with:
Fillable Fields – This digital worksheet can be completed online or printed.
Teacher’s Copy – Includes detailed teacher’s notes and an answer key.
Student Version – Ideal for sharing via email for online lessons.
Overview of this climate change ESL lesson
This lesson also includes a wide range of ESL climate change vocabulary, helping students build confidence when discussing environmental issues and sustainability.
1. Introduction and idea generation
Students work in pairs to brainstorm ideas related to climate change and discuss ways to slow it down, activating prior knowledge and introducing key concepts.
2. Vocabulary development
Learners match key environmental vocabulary to images, including terms such as global warming, carbon emissions, and renewable energy sources.
3. Vocabulary and definition matching
Students deepen their understanding by matching environmental terms to definitions, reinforcing meaning and usage.
4. Speaking practice
Students ask and answer a range of climate change ESL questions, encouraging discussion, personalisation, and fluency development.
5. Vocabulary revision game
Students take part in a communicative game where they describe and guess environmental vocabulary, promoting interaction and retention.
Skills Developed
Speaking fluency, vocabulary development, critical thinking, and communicative confidence.
Lesson Objectives
To develop students’ ability to discuss climate change using appropriate vocabulary, express opinions, and engage in meaningful spoken interaction.
Try this climate change ESL lesson in class today!
This lesson is printable and also includes fillable fields for digital use, making it ideal for both online and in-person teaching. For the best results when printing, open the PDF using Adobe Acrobat Reader.
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