B1 ESL Video Lesson Plan: How to Build Mental Strength

This ESL video lesson plan is designed around a short video titled How to Build Your Mental Strength and the themes of mental strength and how to build mental strength. Students learn vocabulary related to mental strength and how to build mental strength, talk about mental strength and how to build mental strength, discuss quotations about mental strength, 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

Objectives:

• To develop students’ understanding of mental strength and its importance.
• To enhance students’ vocabulary through targeted words from the transcript.
• To practice comprehension and critical thinking about building mental strength.
• To encourage students to share personal perspectives on overcoming challenges.
• To build speaking skills through discussion and roleplay activities.
• To promote reflective writing through homework tasks.

Topic: Mental strength and how to build mental strength

Language: Vocabulary related to mental strength and how to build mental strength

Watch the short video.

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