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Film English is an award-winning independent publisher that provides innovative, engaging and interactive ready-to-use ESL lesson plans designed around authentic short films and videos, and extensive viewing guides designed around feature-length films for English language teachers with teenage or adult students.

All Film English materials are rooted in our commitment to progressive educational and social change – our approach embeds empathy, compassion and justice as core values of teaching and learning.

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‘The Benefits of Exercising with Friends’ Lesson Plan

Published on April 1, 2025
By kierandonaghy
This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled The Surprising Benefits of Exercising with Friends and the theme of exercising with others and its physical and mental benefits. Students learn vocabulary related to fitness, health and social connection, talk about exercising with others and its physical and mental benefits, predict the content […]

‘Finding Empathy’ Lesson Plan

Published on March 30, 2025
By kierandonaghy
This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled Finding Empathy for Yourself and Others and the themes of empathy and how to develop it. Students learn vocabulary related to emotions and mindfulness, talk about empathy and how to develop it, discuss quotations about empathy, predict the content of a short video, watch […]

‘Unconscious Bias’ Lesson Plan

Published on March 27, 2025
By kierandonaghy
This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled What is Unconscious Bias? and the themes of bias and unconscious bias. Students learn vocabulary related to bias and unconscious bias, talk about bias and unconscious bias, predict the content of a short video, watch a short video, answer comprehension questions, analyse a short […]

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