2025-05-16: Choices, Preferences, and Predictions
Lesson Plan
- Lesson Topic: Choices, Preferences, and Predictions!
- What we will do: We’ll play a fun game with “Would you rather…?” questions! We’ll choose our answers, explain why, and try to guess our classmates’ choices! It’s a great way to practice giving your opinion and understanding others.
- Key Phrases/Vocabulary:
- I would rather…
- I’d prefer…
- because…
- The main reason is…
- I think you would choose…
- advantage
- disadvantage
- Handouts: We’ll use handouts with useful English phrases for talking about your choices and guessing.
- See you in class!
“Would you rather…” Questions
- Would you rather live in a place with four distinct seasons (like Japan) or a place where the weather is the same warm temperature all year round? (Why?)
- Would you rather learn English by living alone in an English-speaking country, or by studying in a class with Japanese friends and visiting English countries for holidays? (Why?)
- Would you rather spend a weekend relaxing completely at home with no plans, or go on a short, busy trip to a nearby interesting place? (Why?)
- Would you rather always cook and eat meals at home, or always eat out at restaurants and cafes? (Why?)
- Would you rather have a job where you work by yourself most of the time, or a job where you work closely with a team every day? (Why?)
- Would you rather be excellent at one specific skill (like playing a musical instrument or a sport) or be reasonably good at many different things? (Why?)
- Would you rather travel to many different countries for short trips, or travel to one country and stay there for a long time to experience it deeply? (Why?)
- Would you rather live in a house full of interesting old things with history, or a modern, minimalist house with only new things? (Why?)
- Would you rather only be able to watch movies and TV series, or only be able to listen to music and podcasts? (Why?)
- Would you rather have a one-hour conversation in English with a native speaker you’ve never met, or speak English for 10 minutes on a stage in front of 100 people? (Why?)
- Would you rather always buy the newest model of technology (smartphone, computer etc.) or use older models until they completely break? (Why?)
- Would you rather forget everything you learned at school but keep all your life experience, or forget all your life experience but keep everything you learned at school? (Why?)
- Would you rather wake up very early every day (like 5 am) or stay up very late every night (like 2 am)? (Why?)
- Would you rather never use social media again (like Facebook, Instagram, Line) or never watch streaming videos (like Netflix, YouTube)? (Why?)
- Would you rather learn a new language perfectly in one month with intense study (8 hours a day) or learn it slowly over 5 years with easy study (1 hour a week)? (Why?)
- Would you rather have to exercise for 30 minutes every single day, or eat only healthy food and no snacks for a year? (Why?)
- Would you rather save money for something expensive you really want (like a big trip or car), or spend money on small pleasures whenever you like (like nice dinners, clothes)? (Why?)
- Would you rather go to a party where you don’t know anyone, or stay home alone on a Saturday night? (Why?)
- Would you rather travel everywhere by train (even long distances) or travel everywhere by plane (even short distances)? (Why?)
- Would you rather live in a small apartment in the city center, or a large house far from the city? (Why?)
- Would you rather only communicate with friends and family by writing (email, text) or only communicate by speaking (phone calls, face-to-face)? (Why?)
- Would you rather always be 10 minutes early for everything, or always be 5 minutes late for everything? (Why?)
- Would you rather be able to play any musical instrument instantly, or be a master at cooking any dish perfectly? (Why?)
- Would you rather only be able to eat sweet food or only be able to eat savory food for the rest of your life? (Why?)
These questions aim for:
- Relatability: Many touch on common adult experiences and choices (work, home, hobbies, travel, learning).
- Discussion Potential: They require more than a one-word answer and naturally lead to explaining reasons and potentially comparing experiences.
- CEFR B1 Appropriateness: The vocabulary and sentence structures needed to understand and answer are appropriate for CEFR B1, encouraging the use of comparative language, connectors for reasons (because, so), and opinion phrases (I think, I believe, In my opinion).
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