B1 ESL Video Lesson Plan: How to Prevent Burnout
This B1-level ESL video lesson plan is built around a thought-provoking video that explores the theme of how to prevent burnout. It is designed to help learners develop key language skills—listening, viewing, speaking, reading, writing and visually representing—through guided discussion, roleplay, vocabulary building, and engaging classroom activities.
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This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled The number 1 cause of burnout is not what you think and the theme of burnout. Students learn vocabulary related to burnout, talk about burnout, discuss quotations about burnout, predict the content of a short video, watch a short video, answer comprehension questions, analyse a short video, write about what they have learned from viewing a short video, perform a roleplay and reflect on the lesson.
Language level: Intermediate (B1) – Upper Intermediate (B2)
Learner type: Teens and adults
Time: 90 minutes
Activity: Learning vocabulary related to burnout, talking about burnout, discussing quotations about burnout, predicting the content of a short video, watching a short video, answering comprehension questions, analysing a short video, writing about what they have learned from viewing a short video, performing a roleplay and reflecting on the lesson
Topic: Burnout
Language: Vocabulary related to burnout
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