Learners discover the pros and cons of wearing school uniforms and practice giving opinions.
Lexical area: clothes, fashion items
Cross curricular links: personal and social education

Two girls in uniform walking in a school corridor

This lesson focuses on school uniform and teenage dress codes. Students will practise vocabulary related to clothes and uniforms, discuss their opinions about school uniforms, read about attitudes to school uniforms in the UK and do a role play involving a disagreement about dress codes.


Aims:
• Develop and practice vocabulary related to clothes and school uniform
• Practise reading skills to deduce opinions
• Practise giving opinions in a role play

Age and level: 13- 17 (CEFR B1)


Time: 100 minutes. This can be done over 2 lessons


Materials: Forced to wear a skirt student worksheet

 

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