👥 What Generation Are You Really?
A fun, conversation-based lesson about identity, stereotypes, and language across generations.
🎯 Goal of the Lesson
To build fluency and cultural awareness through discussion of generational identity, everyday expressions, and changing attitudes between Baby Boomers, Gen X, Millennials, and Gen Z.
⏰ Duration
60-90 minutes
👥 Target Group
Teens and adults at B1+–B2 level
Perfect for conversation or culture-focused lessons.
📦 What’s Inside the Lesson?
🧩 Warm-up quiz: “What generation are you really?” – students choose answers and compare results.
🖼 Visual task: Match pictures and cultural symbols to generations and discuss what feels familiar or foreign.
💬 Language in use: Match common expressions (e.g. no cap, it’s a vibe, I’m not adulting today) to the generation that would most likely say them.
🎥 Video mini-tasks: Watch short clips showing different generations and decide if the stereotypes feel true.
📖 Reading & opinion: Explore common generational stereotypes and discuss whether you agree or disagree.
🗣 Speaking questions: Talk about slang, communication styles, and what “moving with the times” means today.
🔤 Vocabulary PLUS – Idioms: the good old days, old habits die hard, move with the times, out of touch, you can’t teach an old dog new tricks.
🔤 Vocabulary PLUS – Phrasal verbs: catch up with, look down on, grow up, get along (with), fall behind, hold on to.
✅ Answer keys included