B1 ESL Video Lesson Plan: Will humans keep getting smarter?

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled Will humans keep getting smarter? and the themes of intelligence and the future of intelligence. Students learn vocabulary related to intelligence and the future of intelligence, discuss quotations about intelligence, talk about intelligence and the future of intelligence, 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, develop critical thinking skills by exploring issues raised in a short video, perform a roleplay and reflect on the lesson.

Language level: Intermediate (B1) – Upper Intermediate (B2)

Learner type: Teens and adults

Time: 90–120 minutes

Activity: Learning vocabulary related to intelligence and the future of intelligence, discussing quotations about intelligence, talking about intelligence and the future of intelligence, 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, developing critical thinking skills by exploring issues raised in a short video, performing a roleplay and reflecting on the lesson

Topic: Intelligence and the future of intelligence

Language: vocabulary related to intelligence and the future of intelligence

Watch the short video.

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