Course Contents Review Lab 8 · Unit 8

The Innovation Lab

Review Lessons 36–40 · Pitch a new technology, defend it from an ethics panel and predict where it will be in ten years.

PredictionSpeculationEthical argumentTech explanation

Scenario briefing

Welcome to The Innovation Lab. In this Review Lab, you'll pull together everything from Lessons 36 to 40. Pitch a new technology, defend it from an ethics panel and predict where it will be in ten years. Take your time, use the language from the unit, and speak in full sentences.

Full briefing playback

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Language from this unit

Quickly revisit any lesson before you start the tasks.

Speaking tasks

Three short tasks. Use the language from Lessons 3640.

  1. Warm-up (2 min)

    Introduce yourself into the scenario: Pitch a new technology, defend it from an ethics panel and predict where it will be in ten years. Say who you are and why you're there.

  2. Main task (5–7 min)

    Play the situation. Use at least three items of vocabulary and one grammar structure from this unit. Focus on: Prediction and Speculation.

  3. Reflection (2 min)

    Answer: What went well? What language did you use accurately? What would you change next time?

Self-check

Tick what feels solid. Anything unticked? Go back to that lesson.

  • Use future perfect and future continuous to predict change.
  • Use modals of deduction and speculation (must, might, could, can't) for present and past.
  • Explain how technology works using relative clauses and passives.
  • Discuss ethical trade-offs and uncertainty in measured, B2+ register.