PREDICTIONS FOR LIFE IN THE FUTURE Contents
Listening & Speaking
Writing
( as an instrument)
(similar\ contrasting
Ideas)
(there will be; they will; will be able)
Future Continuous
Future Perfect
Making predictions
Expressing opinions
Comparing past,
present and future
situations
Note making
Filling in the table
Aims: to develop listening and speaking skills.
Objectives: listening for gist and specific information;
making predictions, expressing opinions, comparing past, present and future situations, describing things.
Outcomes: by the end of the lesson students will have
-filled in the chart;
-chosen from the list of the objects the necessary ones;
-learnt to compare past, present, future situations;
-will be able to make predictions for future life and describe things that might change in the future.
The materials
used: Enjoy English: unit 3, “Heading for a better new world”
Enterprise-3: utit10, “Citizens 2050”
Click On-3: unit 10, “Our changing world”
1.Introduction 2.Warm-up activities
3. Pre-listening(speaking)
4. Listening 1
5. Post-listening(speaking)
6.Listening 2
7.Post-listening (speaking
in pairs)
LISTENING 1. Life in the past, present and future
Read the table then listen to the tape and fill in the missing information .Using the notes, talk about the past, present and future as in the example.
People travelled by… and carriages or by……
We use…………..and
aeroplanes
Most people died before they
were……………years old
The average lifespan is about..
………years
Many children had to……….
All children go to………..
Cities were……………and
more people lived in the countryside
Cities are much………..
And full of huge……….
People communicated by……
……..to each other
We communicate by……..
………and e-mail
e.g. A hundred years ago people travelled by horse and carriage or by train. Now, we use cars and aeroplanes. In 2080, we will be using spaceships and electric cars.
Speaking skills development
Look at the expressions in the table. Then choose one of these points and say how you think life will have changed by the year 2050. You can add your own ideas.
To express your opinion begin with the words: eg. I think; It seems to me that; I believe
-robots do the housework -lots of electronic devices
-more time for leisure activities
-iris recognition system
-live under the sea
-normal cities become overcrowded
-more radiation, health problems
Health
-people live longer
-scientists find cures for many diseases
-grow, repair body tissue
- genetically engineered food increase
-GM foods cause many other illnesses
Relationships
-make friends through the Internet
-people become more isolated
-have little real contact
Jobs
- do creative jobs
-replace hard work
-teleworking increase
-some professions disappear
-crime increase
-more people without work
-feel lonely
Holidays
-Go on holidays to other planets
-space travel improve
-virtual health resorts
-
Education
-robot teachers
-in a distance
-learning through computers
-writing by hand-a thing of the past
-no schools, teachers, books
- lack of comunication
Food
-meal pills, vitamins, food injections
-genetic engineering solve the problem of famine
-plants grow faster, cows produce more milk
- food become tasteless
-GM foods cause mutation
Environment
-pollution level decrease
-environmentally-friendly cars
-no real experience of nature\ animals
-no more rainforests
-pollution level increase
-loss of plant life
- more endangered species
Transport
-ecological cars
-computerized taxis
-better forms of public transport
-high frequency tram\bus service
-very expensive
e.g. I think that in the year 2050 we will be living longer lives.etc.
LISTENING 2.
How things will change in the future
You will hear five people talking about how things will change in the future. For questions 1-5,choose from the list of the objects A-F what each speaker thinks will change.
Speaker 1 A -the computer
Speaker 2 B –the aeroplane
Speaker 3 C- the stereo
Speaker 4 D- the mobile phone
Speaker 5 E- the car
F- the television
Pre
listening
What kind of words do you expect to hear while listening
Match the objects in column A with the words in column B
A the computer B recognize your voice
the aeroplane very flat screen
the stereo safer for the environment
the mobile phone more faster
the car see a person you are talking to
the television it will decide what you should listen to
it will dial the number for you
essential for everyone
for a whole family or for one person
Task 2
Listen again and say how these things will change in the future.
Speaking skills development
Work in pairs.
Make predictions on how technology at home will change in the future. Share your opinion with
Dialogue Vocabulary
I believe\ I am sure\ I think
I agree\ I also think so
Yes, definitely.\ I think you’re right
I don’t think this will happen.
It’s difficult to say exactly, but I suppose it could be
I’m not sure, but it might be…
your peers.
