{"id":814,"date":"2026-11-06T10:35:20","date_gmt":"2026-11-06T10:35:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnhip.com\/hub\/lesson-plans\/news-lesson-words-of-the-year-2026-b2\/"},"modified":"2026-11-06T11:26:47","modified_gmt":"2026-11-06T11:26:47","slug":"news-lesson-words-of-the-year-2026-b2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/learnhip.com\/hub\/lesson-plans\/news-lesson-words-of-the-year-2026-b2\/","title":{"rendered":"News Lesson: Words of the Year 2026 (B2)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In November 2026, Collins Dictionary named &#8220;mogging&#8221; its Word of the Year and Dictionary.com chose &#8220;maxxing&#8221;. Both words come from internet slang used by younger people. Students learn the new words, read about the shortlists and discuss slang, self-improvement and how language changes. This B2 version uses a challenging reading full of new words, so it also works well with strong B2 and C1 groups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Level:<\/strong> B2 \u00b7 <strong>Time:<\/strong> 45 to 90 minutes. Pick the activities that suit your class. They work in almost any order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Lesson Activities<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/learnhip.com\/reveal\/picquiz.php?w=581842d8\">Warmer: What Is This?<\/a> &#8211; students guess the picture as the squares are revealed. (Answer: a dictionary.) Then ask: what is a &#8220;word of the year&#8221;?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/learnhip.com\/sentence\/match.php?w=320651f1\">Vocabulary Match<\/a> &#8211; 10 words from the reading, matched with simple definitions. Do this before reading.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/learnhip.com\/cloze\/exercise_hint.php?w=be8a276f\">Reading: Out-Mogged and Over-Maxxed<\/a> &#8211; a gap-fill text with a word bank and audio. Students put the 15 new words into the article.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/learnhip.com\/categorise\/activity.php?w=5f8209ab\">Sort: What Is Each Word About?<\/a> &#8211; students sort 12 new words into four topics: food, hair and home; people and looks; technology and games; work, money and cars. Do this after reading.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/learnhip.com\/cards\/cardset.php?w=d5b8a726\">Discussion Cards<\/a> &#8211; 12 questions, from personal to opinion.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/learnhip.com\/ranking\/exercise.php?w=ad61ab14\">Ranking: Which Words Will Last?<\/a> &#8211; students rank 9 new words by how likely people are to still use them in 2030, and defend their choices.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Teacher Tips<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>For a shorter lesson (45 minutes), use the warmer, the vocabulary match, the reading and the discussion cards.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Language focus: word formation. Point out compounds (carspreading, friendslop), blends (fricy = fruity + spicy) and suffixes (-maxxing). Ask students to invent a new &#8220;-maxxing&#8221; word and define it.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Follow-up: students choose their own word of the year for 2026 and write a short paragraph explaining their choice.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Looking for an easier version? Try the <a href=\"\/hub\/lesson-plans\/news-lesson-words-of-the-year-2026-a2\/\">A2 lesson<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In November 2026, Collins Dictionary named &#8220;mogging&#8221; its Word of the Year and Dictionary.com chose &#8220;maxxing&#8221;. Both words come from internet slang used by younger people. Students learn the new words, read about the shortlists and discuss slang, self-improvement and how language changes. This B2 version uses a challenging reading full of new words, so &#8230; <a title=\"News Lesson: Words of the Year 2026 (B2)\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/learnhip.com\/hub\/lesson-plans\/news-lesson-words-of-the-year-2026-b2\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about News Lesson: Words of the Year 2026 (B2)\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":593,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-814","page","type-page","status-publish"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/learnhip.com\/hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/814","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/learnhip.com\/hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/learnhip.com\/hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learnhip.com\/hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learnhip.com\/hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=814"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/learnhip.com\/hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/814\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":817,"href":"https:\/\/learnhip.com\/hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/814\/revisions\/817"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learnhip.com\/hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/593"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/learnhip.com\/hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}