Does saying thank you make us happier? The science of gratitude
A discussion lesson for Thanksgiving: students read about research on gratitude and happiness, practice phrases for giving and questioning opinions, take part in a class opinion line and design a one-week gratitude experiment.
B1Adults50 minDiscussion
About this lesson
A B1 speaking lesson (discussion). Warm-ups, role plays and discussion tasks — get the whole class talking.
- Level
- B1
- Skill
- Speaking
- Type
- Discussion
- Students
- Adults
- Time
- About 50 minutes
- Topic
- Thanksgiving
- Activities
- Key words, Speaking / writing task, Reading text, True / False, Matching, Table to fill in
- Key words
- gratitude, psychologist, optimistic, journal, research, evidence, habit, sincere, specific
- Access
- Premium
By the end, students can
- Understand a short article about research on gratitude and happiness
- Give and question opinions with phrases like I'm not convinced that ... and It depends on ...
- Design and present a one-week gratitude experiment for the class