ESL Discussion Worksheet: Strengths and Weaknesses – The Shortest Marine

Learn about this inspirational young man with your intermediate to advanced students today and talk about strengths and weaknesses with this online friendly or printable ESL discussion worksheet.

Did you ever wish you were a little bit taller? A baller? This United States Army Marine recruit probably wished the same, but it didn't stop him from achieving his dreams. He is the shortest US soldier on record, but he turned his lack of height it into one of his greatest strengths. Learn about this inspirational young man with your intermediate to advanced students today and talk about strengths and weaknesses with this online friendly or printable ESL discussion worksheet.

  • Warm-up question ideas: When you think of a soldier, what image comes to mind? Name some weaknesses a person could have and make a list.
  • Watch the video once and ask the students how their image of a soldier compared with the one in the video.
  • Look at the vocabulary words on the PDF before watching the video a second time.
  • Put students in pairs to answer the questions on the left.
  • Set up new pairs to complete the speaking activity on the right.
  • At the end, put students in small groups of 3-4 to complete the group activity.

The link to the video: https://youtu.be/WkY2b8-_Qn8 

 

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Ian Kime

Ian Kime

I have been teaching English abroad since receiving my CELTA certificate in Poland in 2018. I enjoy tracking my individual students’ development but love having lessons with big groups! Now that I teach online, I am accompanied by my sidekicks Olaf, Mała, Pirate and Bandit on a regular basis.

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