Radio phone-in: fast fashion and the thirty-wears test
Listeners call a radio show about fast fashion: a student who loves cheap clothes, a woman who tried the thirty-wears test and a tailor with repair tips. Students compare views and discuss their own shopping habits.
B2Adults45 minPhone call
About this lesson
A B2 listening lesson (phone call). Dialogues and stories to listen to, with transcripts, speed control and ready-made questions.
- Level
- B2
- Skill
- Listening
- Type
- Phone call
- Students
- Adults
- Time
- About 45 minutes
- Topic
- Clothes & fashion
- Activities
- Key words, Speaking / writing task, Listening (read aloud), Multiple choice, True / False, Matching
- Key words
- fast fashion, afford, a handful, alter, mend, customise
- Access
- Premium
By the end, students can
- Understand different opinions and supporting reasons in a phone-in
- Use language for agreeing, disagreeing and conceding
- Discuss the environmental and social costs of clothing