Weather in Winter
This A2 lesson teaches students how to describe winter weather in different countries. They learn vocabulary like “chilly,” “slippery,” and “snowfall,” then listen to three people from Canada, Spain, and Vietnam describe their winter experiences. The activities include rating personal winter feelings, image matching, audio comprehension with true/false and gap-fill exercises, and creating sentences using weather keywords.
Lesson overview
- Practice winter weather vocabulary including temperature descriptions, precipitation types, and clothing choices
- Listen to authentic descriptions of winter in three different climates and compare conditions
- Build sentence construction skills using weather keywords in correct grammatical patterns
- Develop speaking fluency by describing winter in their own country for 60 seconds
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| Level | Vocabulary | Audio Length | Lesson Time |
| A2 / Upper-Intermediate | 10 words | 0:40, 0:36, 0:54 min | 60 min |
Vocabulary
- fog
- heater
- icy
- puddle
- temperature
- chilly
- wet
- snowfall
- slippery
- freezing
Contents
- Lead-in
- Vocabulary
- Questions
- Preview 1
- Audio 1
- Preview 2
- Audio 2
- Preview 3
- Audio 3
- Comprehension
- Speaking
- Practice
- Transcript
Start with the rating activity where students score six statements about their winter comfort from 1-3. This gets them thinking about personal winter experiences before introducing vocabulary. The image matching on slide 3 teaches ten essential winter words. Students match terms like “fog,” “puddle,” and “heater” to pictures, then check answers on slide 4.
The questions on slide 5 personalize the vocabulary by asking about their country’s winter characteristics. Students choose between options like “chilly or warm,” “snowfall or wet,” and “icy or slippery,” which prepares them for the listening comparisons. Each audio runs under one minute and features someone describing winter in their country.
The first audio covers freezing Canadian winters with below-zero temperatures, heavy snowfall, and icy streets. Matt explains wearing many layers and needing the heater constantly. Students answer seven comprehension questions about temperature, street conditions, clothing, and home comfort. The second audio shows milder Spanish winters with above-zero temperatures, occasional rain, fog, and light jackets. Students complete true/false statements testing details like whether it snows often or people wear thick layers.
The third audio describes warm Vietnamese winters around 25 degrees with frequent rain and puddles. Tran mentions feeling a little chilly in mornings but wearing light clothes with no need for sweaters. Students fill gaps in the transcript, which tests listening accuracy for specific words like “warm,” “25 degrees,” “wet,” “puddles,” and “chilly.”
After all three audios, the comprehension table on slide 12 asks students to organize information about speaker name, winter feeling, temperature, street conditions, and clothing for each country. This comparison shows how differently people experience winter depending on climate. The speaking activity gives students 60 seconds to describe their own country’s winter using as many vocabulary words as possible from the provided list.
The practice sentences require creating grammatically correct statements using keyword prompts like “temperature / winter / low” or “after rain / puddles / street.” This reinforces proper sentence structure at A2 level. Full transcripts appear on slide 15 for reference or additional reading practice.
