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The rise of artificial intelligence

🤖 AI & Technology
📘 Cleft Sentences
💭 Ethics & Innovation
A2 ESL lesson — Let's get to know each other: Present Simple and personality vocabulary
DISCUSSION & TECHNOLOGY WARM-UP
The lesson opens with questions about AItechnology, and its impact on learning, work, and society. Students debate whether AI can surpass human intelligence and rank modern technologies by importance and innovation.
VOCABULARY: KEY TERMS IN AI & INNOVATION
Learners study essential terminology such as algorithmmachine learningneural networkautomationpredictive analytics, and singularity. Matching, synonyms, and multiple-choice tasks help deepen understanding of how these technologies function.
GRAMMAR FOCUS: CLEFT SENTENCES
Students practise using cleft sentences to emphasise people, facts, or key information (e.g., It was Alan Turing who…What is essential is ethical AI development). Tasks include matching, sentence transformation, and applying grammar to technological contexts.
READING, LISTENING & ETHICS DEBATE
Learners analyse texts on the evolution of AI, covering deep learningrobotics, and ethical challenges like bias and transparency. Listening tasks focus on responsible AI use and human oversight. Speaking activities include a structured AI ethics debate exploring innovation vs. regulation.
Fill-in-the-blank activity — Present Simple "to be" exercise
Picture-based grammar task — is or are with different subjects
Reading passage — Present Simple and personality adjectives in context
Audio listening task — speaking activity, write five sentences including one false

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