Sharing a home across generations: students and older hosts
A sociologist explains homeshare schemes, where students live cheaply with older people, and why some matches fail.
B2Adults50 minInterview
About this lesson
A B2 listening lesson (interview). Dialogues and stories to listen to, with transcripts, speed control and ready-made questions.
- Level
- B2
- Skill
- Listening
- Type
- Interview
- Students
- Adults
- Time
- About 50 minutes
- Topic
- Society & big questions
- Activities
- Key words, Speaking / writing task, Listening (read aloud), True / False, Multiple choice, Gap-fill
- Key words
- scheme, spare room, rent, housemate, loneliness, participant, social care
- Access
- Premium
By the end, students can
- Understand an expert's arguments, examples and reservations in an interview
- Use phrasal verbs and idioms for discussing social issues
- Argue a balanced position on a social question