Academic English
Sleep on It
Hedging Language
Level: B1+Time: 60–70 minutesNo prep
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A ready-to-teach B1+ Academic English lesson on hedging language, built around research on sleep and study.
Students score claims about sleep for how certain they sound, read a short research article and find 8 hedges. They discover how careful writers use may, might, could, tend to, appear / seem to, it appears that and be likely to, and when to state a fact firmly instead. Then they race in teams to fix hedging mistakes, discuss research claims and write a short, careful research summary.
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
- Certainty-scoring lead-in, guided discovery, team race, speaking tasks and a short research summary
- Easier and Harder options, plus an exit ticket and free homework links
Great for EAP, pre-university and foundation-year students. Facts are sourced from the CDC and published research, with full references.
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