🌌 Fascinating Conversations & Cosmic Concepts for Young English Learners!
This Intermediate Speaking Unit from SuperEnglishESL.com takes ELL students on an exciting journey through the universe—without ever leaving the classroom! Perfect for online teachers, group instructors, and 1:1 tutors, this unit uses imaginative topics like space travel, aliens, getting lost in space, and mind-bending space theories to get kids and teens confidently speaking in English.
The unit blends real-world science with creative storytelling to boost speaking, listening, and vocabulary skills while building critical thinking. From hilarious space dialogues to deep discussions about time travel and multiverses, learners get the chance to express opinions, use new words in context, and stretch their imaginations.
Whether you’re teaching online or in a classroom, these ready-made lessons come with engaging questions, vocabulary-building activities, interactive games, and downloadable worksheets to make prep easy and class time fun.
Students explore the ups and downs of living in space, from zero gravity to homesickness.
Lesson Features:
Warm-up: “Would You Rather” space-themed discussion questions
Reading & Discussion Topics: Daily life on space stations, routines, homesickness
Vocabulary Focus: homesick, take for granted, high-tech, freshen up, long for, embarrassing
Grammar & Sentence Structures: Present simple in explanatory contexts
Pronunciation/Phonics: Vocabulary usage through contextual repetition
Interactive Elements: Funny dialogues, vocabulary sentence creation, Boggle, word chain
Real-Life Applications: Talking about feelings, routines, and missing home
Who is this lesson for? Intermediate ELL learners in online or classroom environments
Downloadable Materials: Lesson preview, homework worksheet
Teacher Tips: Ask students what items they’d bring to space to personalize discussion
Students dive into the search for alien life and debate whether we’re truly alone.
Lesson Features:
Warm-up: Ethical & philosophical “Chat a Bit” questions
Reading & Discussion Topics: Fermi Paradox, alien possibilities, space distance
Vocabulary Focus: ridiculous, cosmic, paradox, frontier, microscopic, clueless
Grammar & Sentence Structures: Hypotheticals and conditionals in discussion
Pronunciation/Phonics: Vocabulary reinforcement through reading and dialogue
Interactive Elements: Dialogue debates, “Strange but True” quiz, sentence creation
Real-Life Applications: Sharing opinions on science, ethics, and discovery
Who is this lesson for? Intermediate-level students in conversation-based settings
Downloadable Materials: Reading and quiz worksheet
Teacher Tips: Encourage students to write their own message to send into space
Students discuss survival, silence, and beauty in the vastness of space.
Lesson Features:
Warm-up: Sensory and survival questions
Reading & Discussion Topics: Zero gravity effects, silent space, floating junk
Vocabulary Focus: void, bland, hover, cluttered, debris, puncture
Grammar & Sentence Structures: Descriptive and comparative language
Pronunciation/Phonics: Strong use of visual and contextual cues
Interactive Elements: Fear rankings, creative dialogues, “Galactic Trash” game
Real-Life Applications: Discussing safety, expressing feelings in unknown environments
Who is this lesson for? 1:1 and group ESL classes for intermediate kids/teens
Downloadable Materials: Worksheet with ranking and fill-in-the-blank exercises
Teacher Tips: Have students brainstorm how they would design a safer space suit
Students explore big questions: multiverse, simulations, time travel, and cosmic mysteries.
Lesson Features:
Warm-up: Thought-provoking questions on universe theories
Reading & Discussion Topics: Multiverse, simulations, edge of space, time travel
Vocabulary Focus: multiverse, simulation, loop, glitch, parallel, collapse
Grammar & Sentence Structures: Modal verbs, future possibility expressions
Pronunciation/Phonics: Focused on advanced concept vocabulary
Interactive Elements: Dialogue improv, rankings, vocabulary application activities
Real-Life Applications: Speculating about science and future technology
Who is this lesson for? Intermediate ELLs with an interest in science and philosophy
Downloadable Materials: Theory ranking worksheet and vocabulary activity
Teacher Tips: Use video clips or space animations to introduce concepts visually
✅ Intermediate ESL & ELL learners aged 10+
✅ Great for 1:1 online teaching, group classes, or classroom settings
✅ Ideal for teachers who want to build fluency using science-based and imaginative topics
📄 Lesson Previews & ELL Worksheets
🎮 Games & Vocabulary Activities
💬 Creative Dialogues & Ranking Tasks
🔭 Science-based Discussion Prompts
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