How many friends can we really have? Dunbar's number
A lecture on Dunbar's number and the layers of friendship; students take notes, work on idioms and map their own social networks.
C1Adults55 minLecture
About this lesson
A C1 listening lesson (lecture). Dialogues and stories to listen to, with transcripts, speed control and ready-made questions.
- Level
- C1
- Skill
- Listening
- Type
- Lecture
- Students
- Adults
- Time
- About 55 minutes
- Topic
- Family & friends
- Activities
- Key words, Speaking / writing task, Listening (read aloud), Multiple choice, Gap-fill, Matching
- Key words
- an acquaintance, resilient, a layer, the margin of error, stubbornly, thrive, the neocortex
- Access
- Premium
By the end, students can
- Take accurate notes on figures and arguments in an academic lecture
- Evaluate a scientific theory about friendship and its critics
- Discuss your own social network using idiomatic language