Turning Adversity into Opportunity

Level: Upper-Intermediate/Advanced

Duration: 60 minutes

Theme: Turning Adversity into Opportunity (Disability)

Aims:

• Raise students' awareness of a social issue
• Practice speaking, listening and reflective skills
• Change the students' attitudes

Objectives
By the end of this lesson students will be able to:

• Use target vocabulary related to the topic of the lesson
• Understand and define the notion of disability and present arguments in the controversy surrounding the topic
• Recognize different types of disability
• Take a stance and express reflections on the topic

Components:

• Lesson Plan (pdf)
• Lesson Plan (Word)

The lesson plan includes the following TED Talk.



Online lesson available on the TED-Ed platform