Are You Tech Savvy?
This digital technology ESL lesson teaches gadgets, computer actions and language for explaining device use. Students identify equipment, mime click, drag and swipe, and survey classmates about screen time. They write about their digital life and roleplay a help-desk call to solve a frozen-screen problem.
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Lesson format
2 × 45 minutes
Level
Pre-Intermediate
Age group
Ages 10–13
Main focus
Speaking first
What students will learn
Lesson flow
Students guess gadgets from photos, learn device vocabulary matching names to pictures, and drill 'What's this? It's a laptop. What do you use it for? For doing homework.' The second lesson mimes computer verbs like click, drag and swipe, watches a Technology in Daily Life video, surveys classmates on screen time, writes 'My Digital Life' about phone and internet habits, and roleplays a help-desk call about a frozen screen.
Target language
- • 'Do you use...?' / 'What do you use it for?'
- • Computer action verbs (click, type, upload, search, swipe)
- • Adverbs of frequency (always, never)
- • Technology vocabulary
Key vocabulary
- social media
- app
- smartphone
- wifi
- download
- password
- screen time
- digital
- internet
- online
Speaking questions students answer
- • Do you use a tablet?
- • How many hours do you spend online?
- • What do you use your phone for?
- • Have you tried restarting?
- • What's your favourite app?
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Why this lesson works
The lesson follows a clear progression: Guess gadgets in a What's That Gadget? warm-up, ask 'Do you use...?' in a technology survey, write about their digital life and interview on screen time. Teachers can open the materials and start immediately, while students move from supported vocabulary practice to purposeful spoken English.