B1 ESL Video Lesson Plan: Happiness
This B1-level ESL video lesson plan is built around a thought-provoking video that explores the theme of happiness. 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 There is a formula for happiness — but it’s highly misunderstood and the themes of happiness and the science of happiness. Students learn vocabulary related to happiness and the science of happiness, talk about happiness, discuss quotations about happiness, predict the content of a short video, watch a short video, complete viewing notes, analyse a short video, write about what they have learned from viewing a short video, 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 happiness and the science of happiness, talking about happiness, discussing quotations about happiness, predicting the content of a short video, watching a short video, completing viewing notes, analysing a short video, writing about what they have learned from viewing a short video, and reflecting on the lesson
Topic: Happiness and the science of happiness
Language: Vocabulary related to happiness and the science of happiness
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