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‘The Importance of Failure’ Lesson Plan

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled Failing Upwards and the themes of success and failure. Students learn vocabulary related to success and failure, talk about success and failure, predict the content of a short video, watch a short video, answer comprehension questions, analyse a short video, write about what they […]

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Train in Empathy with Kieran in Barcelona this Summer

We are delighted to announce we are offering a new edition of our innovative course, Empathy in Language Teaching, in Barcelona this summer.     On this course, tutored by Kieran Donaghy, the Director of Pedagogy at Film English and the School for Training, teachers learn why empathy is particularly important in language teaching and […]

‘How to Become a Powerful Public Speaker’ Lesson Plan

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled How to Become a Powerful Public Speaker and the theme of public speaking. Students learn vocabulary related to public speaking, talk about public speaking, predict the content of a short video, watch a short video, answer comprehension questions, analyse a short video, perform a […]

‘Barbie’ Extensive Viewing Guide

  A 75-page Extensive Viewing guide to the Oscar-winning film Barbie Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling, America Ferrera and Kate McKinnon starring for English language students who want to learn English through watching films. The guide will help students improve their English vocabulary, listening comprehension, pronunciation and speaking. The viewing guide includes: • Viewing recommendations • […]

‘How the discovery of DNA changed the world’ Lesson Plan

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled How the discovery of DNA changed the world and the theme of DNA and how DNA has changed the world. Students learn vocabulary related to DNA, talk about DNA and how DNA has changed the world, predict the content of a short video, watch […]

‘Universal Basic Income’ Lesson Plan

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled Why the U.S. Should Provide Universal Basic Income and the themes of inequality and universal basic income. Students learn vocabulary related to universal basic income, talk about inequality in the USA, talk about universal basic income, predict the content of a short video, watch […]

‘How to solve the plastic problem’ Lesson Plan

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled How to solve the world’s plastic problem and the theme of plastic and how to solve the world’s plastic problem. Students learn vocabulary related to plastic, talk about plastic and how to solve the world’s plastic problem, predict the content of a short video, […]

‘How to Manage Your Moods’ Lesson Plan

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video How Best to Manage Your Moods and the themes of moods and how to manage moods. Students learn vocabulary related to moods, talk about moods and how to manage moods, predict the content of a short video, watch a short video, complete viewing notes, analyse […]

‘Zero-waste Restaurant’ Lesson Plan

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled The Struggle of a Zero-Waste Restaurant and the theme of zero waste. Students learn vocabulary related to zero waste, talk about zero waste, predict the content of a short video, watch a short video, answer comprehension questions, analyse a short video, write about what […]

‘My Literacy Journey’ Lesson Plan

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled Jay Blades’ journey of learning to read and the theme of literacy. Students learn vocabulary related to literacy, talk about literacy, predict the content of a short video, watch a short video, answer comprehension questions, analyse a short video, perform a roleplay and reflect […]