LESSON DESCRIPTION

In this ESL lesson plan for teens and adults, students watch a video about Google’s data center in South Carolina. It includes discussion and conversation activities about data, Google, and data centers. Students learn some important vocabulary terms related to this topic and do an activity using the important vocabulary terms from the video. For grammar, students do an exercise on prepositions and word choice. In the cooperation activity, students can create their own headlines or create an interview. There is also a quiz & review activity.

VIDEO DESCRIPTION

Joe Kava, VP of Google’s Data Center Operations, gives a tour inside a Google data center, and shares details about the security, sustainability and the core architecture of Google’s infrastructure.

LESSON ACTIVITIES

• SPEAKING: Data, Data Centers, Google
• VIEWING: Short Answers, True / False, Put Events in Order
• VOCABULARY: Adjectives, Nouns, Phrases, Images, Context Usage
• GRAMMAR: Prepositions
• ADDITIONAL: Writing a Headline, Interview

LESSON TOPICS

Google, Data Centers