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Speaking - Fears and Phobias Free ESL Lesson Download

This lesson plan is designed for upper-intermediate students and introduces new vocabulary related to fears and phobias. You should prompt students to talk about what scares them using the questions and vocabulary provided. <br><br>If you want additional lesson plans and support, including teachers' notes, be sure to download a free Off2Class account.

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Speaking - Fears and Phobias Free ESL Lesson Download

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  1. Fears and Phobias Off2Class Lesson Plan ESL Lesson Plan © 2014-2021 Global Online Language Services Inc.

  2. Thank you for downloading your FREE Off2Class lesson plan! This teacher-led lesson plan is designed using the communicative approach - perfect for teaching students online or in any screen-enabled classroom. To access the Teacher Notes and Answer Key, or to assign homework, click here to set up your FREE Off2class account. Don’t forget to join the discussion on Facebook to get access to other great tools for online ESL instruction. © 2014-2021 Global Online Language Services Inc.

  3. What are you scared of? What kind of an emotion is fear? What is a phobia? Is there something of which you are afraid? © 2014-2021 Global Online Language Services Inc.

  4. How does it make you feel? dread sth fear sth a racing heartbeat be afraid of sth a tingling sensation be scared of sth a churning stomach be frightened of sth have goose bumps feel light-headed © 2014-2021 Global Online Language Services Inc.

  5. Nervous or fearful? How can you distinguish fear from feeling worried or nervous? When do most people usually feel fear? © 2014-2021 Global Online Language Services Inc.

  6. How do these terms relate to phobias? make helpless, as with greater force or deep emotion; overcome; crush; overpower avoidance fight-or-flight the act of avoiding, or shunning something a mental disorder characterized by feelings of anxiety and fear overwhelm designating an instinctive response to danger, that prepares to confront or to flee illogical not logical or reasonable; using, based on, or caused by faulty reasoning anxiety disorder © 2014-2021 Global Online Language Services Inc.

  7. Do you suffer from a disorder? avoidance Try to use these terms in a sentence about fears or phobias. fight-or-flight overwhelm illogical Do you believe that you are always logical? anxiety disorder © 2014-2021 Global Online Language Services Inc.

  8. When I am scared… overreact exaggerated have a panic attack disproportional uncontrollable What do people usually do when they encounter the object of their phobia? © 2014-2021 Global Online Language Services Inc.

  9. What causes fear? In your opinion, what are the underlying causes of phobias? Is phobia an illness? © 2014-2021 Global Online Language Services Inc.

  10. How can you conquer fear? Do you know any methods used in the treatment of phobias? © 2014-2021 Global Online Language Services Inc.

  11. Phobias What are the most common phobias? Do phobias vary among gender, age or culture? © 2014-2021 Global Online Language Services Inc.

  12. What is the phobia? arachnophobia fear of books bibliophobia fear of death claustrophobia fear of blood hemophobia fear of the dark nyctophobia fear of spiders thanatophobia fear of confined spaces © 2014-2021 Global Online Language Services Inc.

  13. Discuss this quote ‘I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.’ Nelson Mandela Do you agree with this? Do you think there are people who fear nothing? © 2014-2021 Global Online Language Services Inc.

  14. Discuss this quote ‘Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.’ Marie Curie Is the fact that we do not understand something really behind our fears? What did people fear in the past? How did they stop fearing those things? © 2014-2021 Global Online Language Services Inc.

  15. Unusual phobias apiphobia fear of string or rope trichophobia fear of horses hippophobia fear of snow chionophobia fear of water hydrophobia fear of bees linonophobia fear of hair © 2014-2021 Global Online Language Services Inc.

  16. More to talk about! Can fear actually be crippling? How does fear affect children and their development? How does society treat people with phobias? Can you give examples from history of how xenophobia, the irrational fear of foreigners and the unfamiliar, affected people and communities? © 2014-2021 Global Online Language Services Inc.

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