Title of Lesson: What is Gender Equality? (Listening)

    Listening Skills and Strategies in focus: Comprehension & Practice

    Learner Level:  B2 & C1

    Length of Lesson: 90 minutes

Materials Needed:

Warm up: White board or large poster paper, markers/dry-erase markers

Pre-listening: Pre-cut out paper with vocabulary terms and definitions

While listening: Worksheet

Post- listening: Paper, pencils

Wrap up: Exit ticket sheets

Learning Objectives/ Students will be able to: 

(1) Identify examples of gender inequality.

(2) Match vocabulary terms to the correct definitions.

(3) Listen to a video in English.

(4) Relate learning to personal experience.

(5) Write about implications of gender inequality.

Activity: Definition Brainstorm

Time: 10-15 minutes

Materials: White board or large poster paper, markers/dry-erase markers

Steps & Teacher Directions: 

1. Teacher will write “Gender inequality” on the board

2. Students will then come up to the board and write their own definition of what they think gender inequality is or looks like on the board

3. Students will then vote on the definition they think most fits the prompt

4. The teacher will then will circle the answer everyone votes for

Learning Objective(s) Targeted:

(1) Identify examples of gender inequality.

Activity: Term Matching

Time: 25-30 minutes

Materials: Pre-cut out paper with vocabulary terms and definitions

Steps & Teacher Directions: 

1. Before class teacher should print and cut out the vocabulary words and definitions from provide paper (Appendix A)

2. Put students into groups of 2 or 3

3. Have students match the vocabulary term to the correct definition

4. Then have students write the correct answers on the board/ or call on groups one on one to give their answers

Learning Objective(s) Targeted:

(2) Match vocabulary terms to the correct definitions.

Activity: Watch video and Answer Questions

Time: 15-20 minutes

Materials: Worksheet

Video link:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hklSpQl8hZo

Steps & Teacher Directions: 

1. Hand students a worksheet with questions from the video on it (Appendix C)

2. Play the video

3. Wait for the question and answer to play, then pause video and give students 2 minutes to answer each question 

Learning Objective(s) Targeted:

(3) Listen to a video in English.

(5) Write about implications of gender inequality.

Activity: Turn and Draw

Time: 10-15 minutes

Materials: Paper and pencils

Steps & Teacher Directions: 

1. Students will be put into groups of two

2. Each student will have two pieces of paper

3. Student #1 will be given a vocabulary term from the pre-listening activity and they will have to draw it on their paper (they will have two minutes to draw)

4. Then student #2 will write down what term they think student #1 drew (they will have two minutes to guess)

5. After the first round students will switch roles and do the activity again

Learning Objective(s) Targeted:

(2) Match vocabulary terms to the correct definitions.

Activity: Exit Ticket

Time: 10-15 minutes

Materials: Exit ticket sheets

Steps & Teacher Directions: 

1. Students will be given a paper with the following questions (Appendix D):

What is something you knew about gender equality from before today's lesson? 

What is something you learned?

Do you think gender in-equality is a problem in your society/country? Why or why not?

2. Students will be given time to independently answer the questions then they will turn in their paper before they leave class

Learning Objective(s) Targeted:

(4) Relate learning to personal experience.

(5) Write about implications of gender inequality.

YouTube. (2021). What is gender equality? YouTube. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hklSpQl8hZo.