LESSON OVERVIEW

The main objectives of this ESL lesson on copyright are to:

• expand students’ vocabulary related to copyright;
• practise listening and interpretation skills through a news video;
• discuss copyright issues and potential solutions to prevent exploitation.

In this lesson, students learn and practise vocabulary to talk about copyright, read authentic headlines to generate discussions, and practise their listening and interpretation skills through a news video about AI and copyright. Students also discuss AI’s impact on creators and potential solutions to prevent exploitation.

WARM-UP

This ESL lesson on copyright starts with a warm-up in which students rewrite sentences so that a noun becomes a verb and a verb becomes a noun (e.g. copyright to copyrighted, licenced to licence). Then, they read three authentic headlines involving copyright issues and discuss them. After that, students work with some vocabulary by reading statements and finding the words or phrases described in the definitions (e.g. plagiarize, derivative, infringement, intellectual property, etc.). Afterwards, students discuss the statements and talk about copyright in different areas (e.g. music, publishing, academic life, etc.).

VIDEO AND DISCUSSION

In this part of the lesson, students watch a news video about AI and copyright. First, they read some quotes and guess what they might be about in the video. After that, students watch the first part of the video and check their predictions. Then, they watch the second part of the video and answer comprehension questions about what they saw. Afterwards, students discuss questions about AI’s impact on creators, copyright issues, and potential solutions to prevent exploitation. With this ESL lesson on copyright, students also discuss opinions on AI and copyright by agreeing or disagreeing with some statements and explaining their answers.

HOMEWORK/REVISION

This ESL lesson on copyright also includes an additional task that you can use as homework or revision. In the task, students find and correct mistakes. The task is available in the teacher’s version of the worksheet. You can print it and hand it out to your students. It’s also included in the e-lesson plan.