Lesson Topics: influencers, cultural respect, travel, punishment
Skill Focus: Speaking, Listening, Vocabulary
Approximate Class Time: 2 hours
Lesson Plan Download: johnny-somali-influencer-advanced-lesson-112024.docx
Lesson Overview:
- After warm-up questions, students view a word cloud and try to predict the content of the upcoming video.
- Next, students preview four idioms and match them to definitions (note: one idiom contains a censored swear word).
- The YouTube video is 3:32 minutes in length. It tells the story of an American live-stream influencer, Johnny Somali, causing public disturbances in South Korea and ultimately getting arrested.
- Comprehension questions follow the video and then a list of nine vocabulary items that students should match to their corresponding definition.
- Next, students use some of the new vocabulary in to complete discussion questions.
- The lesson has no debate topics, but there are two roleplays. The first pits Johnny Somali's lawyer against a South Korean lawyer in a court trial to determine his sentence. The second is a town hall situation in which local residents try to convince the major to put limitations on disrespectful tourists.
- The final speaking activity has students, acting as marketers, propose a plan to record three exciting influencer videos in their hometown in order that will get many views on social media.
- After some famous quotations related to travel, the lesson closes with a vocabulary review, collocation review, and final discussion questions.
Important Note: The lessons contains the idiom "f*ck around and find out", which is said in the video but beeped out. If you want to remove this idiom from the lesson, please delete it from the Idiom Focus and Comprehension Questions (#2) sections on page 1 and also in the collocation review on the final page.
ADVANCED (C1/C2) Lesson on Influencers and Cultural Respect
Warm-up-Questions
- What do you think about social media influencers? Who are your favorites?
- What would you consider a “line” that shouldn’t be crossed when creating content?
- Think about your social media posts. Which received the most views? What was it about?
Predicting: You are going to watch a video about an American influencer. Look at the word cloud on the left. What do you think the video will be about?
Idiom Focus: Match the idioms to their definition.
1. to f*ck around and find out 2. out of the loop 3. to own up to it 4. waiting in the wings | a. to take responsibility for a mistake or wrongdoing b. to be ready to take action or when the time is right c. to act carelessly and then face the consequences d. not aware of the latest information |
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Comprehension Question Answer Key
- Maslow’s theory suggests that people have a hierarchy of needs, starting with basic survival needs at the bottom (like food and water), and moving up to higher-level needs, such as safety, love, and finally, self-fulfillment and reaching one's potential at the top.
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- False: Maslow did not claim his theory was universal. He acknowledged that context and culture affect human behavior.
- Self-actualization, according to Maslow, is reaching one's full potential and pursuing personal goals, often related to creativity, personal growth, or self-fulfillment.
- People criticize Maslow’s research method because he based his conclusions on subjective analysis of a small sample of people, many of whom were educated white males, making it difficult to generalize his findings to everyone.
- In nursing, Maslow’s theory can be used to assess a patient’s needs. For example, medical staff might prioritize basic physical needs, such as nutrition and safety, before addressing emotional or social needs.
Vocabulary 1-b, 2-g, 3-d, 4-a, 5-f, 6-h, 7-e, 8-c
Collocations 1-b, 2-f, 3-h, 4-g, 5-a, 6-d, 7-c, 8-e