Extreme sport – There’s a twist! - ESL adult & kids conversation lesson

This is a two-hour ESL adult PowerPoint lesson in editable PPT format with worksheets and a class activity. In this lesson, students are asked to comment, discuss, and argue - risky and dangerous behavior – but they’ll need to define it first.

Extreme sports are becoming popular due to a society that is growing wealthier, more health-conscious, and with much more free time. Another (seemingly less important, but who are we kidding) interesting factor is the visual attraction that these sports have on social media and the popularity it brings with it.

In the first part of the lesson, we look at extreme sports, and discuss their “fear factor”. In the second part of this lesson, we discuss the motivations for doing these sports, what goes on in our brains while we do them, and what types of people choose to practice these sports (there’s a surprise twist, most of us expect extreme sports athletes to be of a certain type, while the research shows that they are something completely different!)

This lesson includes:

part one:

♚ What qualifies as “Extreme sports”?

♚ What is the difference between "danger” And “risk"?

♚ What is a “calculated risk”?

♚ What is your “comfort zone”?

♚What is the “fear factor” of these sports?

♚ What is the “danger factor” of these sports?

part two:

♚ What could be the motivations for practicing ‘extreme sports’?

♚ Is ‘social media popularity’ a strong motivation?

♚What happens in the brain when we engage in these sports?

♚What is the profile of an ‘extreme sports athlete’?

♚The world’s most famous extreme sport athletes

♚What is “Adventure tourism”?

♚Extremer Extreme Sports - Where do you draw the line?

Showing students extreme behavior and asking them to comment on it will always get you maximum participation. With Some topics, you just know it’s going to be fun!

*THIS LESSON EXISTS IN A GOOGLE-SLIDE FORMAT FOR ON-LINE DISTANCE TEACHING.

I HOPE YOU AND YOUR STUDENTS ENJOY THIS LESSON.

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