Gadgets
This technology and gadgets ESL lesson teaches device vocabulary and language for describing what gadgets do. Students guess hidden objects, ask 'Do you have...?' and explain uses with phrases such as 'I use it to take pictures.' They write a gadget profile and roleplay buying a device in a technology shop.
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Lesson format
2 × 45 minutes
Level
Elementary
Age group
Ages 8–11
Main focus
Speaking first
What students will learn
Lesson flow
Students ask yes/no questions to guess a hidden gadget, learn device vocabulary from a gadgets song pausing on 'What is it? Do you have one?', and drill 'What is it? It's a laptop' with flashcards. The second lesson watches gadgets being used asking 'Why? To take pictures,' writes a gadget profile describing colour, size and use, roleplays a tech-shop dialogue buying a smartwatch, and races between gadget corners in a closing Gadget Hunt game.
Target language
- • 'What is it?' / 'Do you have a...?'
- • 'I use it to...'
- • Present simple for function
- • Gadget vocabulary
Key vocabulary
Devices
- • phone
- • smartphone
- • tablet
- • laptop
- • television
- • camera
- • headphones
- • speaker
Gadget Words
- • charger
- • app
- • internet
- • gadget
- • screen
Speaking questions students answer
- • What is it?
- • Do you have a smartwatch?
- • What do you use your laptop for?
- • What is she using?
- • What can I use it for?
Interactive activities in this lesson
Cross-curricular connections
- • ICT / Digital Literacy
- • Media Education
Support
- • Keep gadget flashcards visible during the 'What is it?' drill
- • Provide the sentence frame 'I use it to ___' before the profile-writing task
- • Pair students who need support with a partner during the tech-shop roleplay
Challenge
- • Extend answers with a reason: 'I use my phone to call my friends and play games'
- • Compare two gadgets using full sentences (faster / more useful / cheaper)
- • Act as the shop assistant in the tech-shop roleplay, describing features to a customer
Home challenge
Students choose one gadget they use at home, draw or write about it, and prepare one sentence explaining what they use it for to share at the start of the next lesson.
Recommended teaching contexts
Why this lesson works
The lesson follows a clear progression: Guess hidden gadgets in a warm-up bag game, ask 'What is it?' and 'Do you have a...?', write a gadget profile and roleplay a tech-shop dialogue. Teachers can open the materials and start immediately, while students move from supported vocabulary practice to purposeful spoken English.