Valentine’s Day
5.00€
Speaking | Collocations | Word Formation | Synonyms | 19 slides | B1-C2
C1 Advanced / CAE – Valentine’s Day – Vocabulary Booster – Personal Reflection
Describing pictures – Gap-fills – Mind Map – Speculation – Matching – Transformations – This or That
Description
✨ VALENTINE’S DAY ✨
This engaging Valentine’s Day lesson blends deep discussion, exam-style speaking practice and rich vocabulary development. It moves beyond clichés and explores love from psychological, social and linguistic perspectives.
✔️ Opens with thought-provoking discussion questions such as:
→ Is Valentine’s Day more commercial than romantic nowadays?
→ Has social media changed romantic relationships?
✔️ CAE Speaking Part III–style mind map discussion: Students evaluate factors such as financial pressure, emotional maturity, personal values, social media influence and consumer culture
✔️ “This or That?” tasks: love at first sight/ love that develops slowly, theatre/ restaurant, emotional connection/ a sense of stability
✔️ Speculation task: What happened? What will happen next?
✔️ Advanced lexical development: Love vs hate verbs (adore, cherish, resent, despise, fall head over heels, hold grudges…)
✔️ Types of love focus: Unconditional, unrequited, mutual, puppy love, courtly love, parental, obsessive, true…
✔️ Matching definitions & gap-fill exercises for consolidation
✔️ Word formation task: Virtues of Love (admiration, commitment, empathy, loyalty, selflessness…)
✔️ Reflection questions encouraging emotional intelligence and maturity
🔹 Format: Canva presentation + printable PDF
🔹 Number of slides: 19
🔹 Suggested course type: Cambridge Preparation Course, Vocabulary Booster Class, Speaking Course, Personal Reflection Workshop
