Can Air Travel Be Made Greener?

A ready-to-teach B1+ listening lesson on discourse markers, built around a free 2-minute BBC Ideas video on greener air travel.

Students predict an answer to the title, match key words, then watch once to put five topics in order, and again for true/false statements with timings. They find the words that guide the listener in six short quotes (ordering, adding, contrast, focus and moving on) and learn how to use but, however and although accurately. They race in teams to choose the best marker for facts about flying and the climate, then discuss greener ways to travel, with an optional mini-debate.

What's inside

• 12 colourful slides to project, with answer keys straight after each activity
• 4-page A4 exercise sheet: teacher's notes, answer key and a 2-page student worksheet
• Prediction, key words, two-step video tasks, notice-it markers, team race and group discussion or mini-debate
• Links to the free video (no download needed); the worksheet works even without it
• Easier and Harder options, an online tip, an exit ticket and free homework links

Level: B1+ · Time: 60–75 minutes · Prep: play the video from the link and test the sound. Print, project and teach.

Facts are sourced, with full references.

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