ISSUE 011

Space Tourism ESL Lesson

Who should go to space?

A ready-to-teach ESL lesson exploring space tourism, commercial space travel and who should have access to space, with reading, listening, vocabulary, discussion and critical-thinking activities for B1–B2 English learners.

Collection 02 includes Issues 011–015.

Space Tourism ESL lesson about commercial space travel and who should have access to space
Space Tourism ESL worksheet preview for B1–B2 English learners

About This Space Tourism ESL Lesson

For centuries, traveling into space was impossible for ordinary people. Even after human spaceflight became a reality, the experience remained limited almost entirely to highly trained astronauts.

This B1–B2 Space Tourism ESL lesson explores how commercial spaceflight is beginning to change that. Students consider private space travel, the high price of a ticket and whether access to space should remain an experience available mainly to the wealthy.

The lesson combines an original reading and audio with vocabulary, comprehension, discussion questions and critical-thinking activities. Students use English to debate the benefits and disadvantages of space tourism and consider how commercial space travel could develop in the future.

For most of history, only trained astronauts left Earth. Now, anyone with enough money can buy a ticket. Private companies launch paying customers into the sky, and for a few minutes they float in weightlessness and see the curve of the planet below.

What's Included in the Space Tourism Lesson?

  • Magazine-style B1–B2 ESL student worksheet
  • Original space tourism reading and audio recording
  • Vocabulary and reading comprehension activities
  • Space tourism discussion questions and critical-thinking tasks
  • Speaking challenge and writing prompt
  • Teacher guide and complete answer key
  • Ready-to-use classroom presentation

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