There are lots of forms of discrimination in the world worth talking about, but sometimes that might be tricky in a classroom environment. However, with youngism you won’t risk upsetting anybody while still approaching the subject. The big question is: Do young people face discrimination in our society based solely on their age? Work through this Youngism ESL Discussion Worksheet to find out.

Instructions

Use this ESL Discussion Worksheet however you’d like, but here’s what we recommend:

1. Warm-up: Ask your students to describe a time where they were the youngest person at their job. Was it a good experience? Bad? Were people helpful or dismissive? You might also ask them to describe a young person they work with, or have worked with, in the past and how they fit into the workplace and how they worked.
2. Watch the video once: At the end of the video ask everyone the same question: Do you think youngism is something real or something made up?
3. Vocabulary: Check out the vocabulary on the PDF and answer any questions.
4. Watch the video a second time: Answer the questions on the PDF in pairs.
5. Speaking Activity: Put students in pairs to complete the speaking activity – directions on the PDF.
6. If you’ve still got time left over, put your students in new pairs or small groups and do the group activity.

The video: https://youtu.be/RJ3-RWA5AO0