
This Week’s 3 New ESL Video Lessons – Nature, Parenting and Better Decisions
📝 This Week’s Highlights at a Glance
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Discover how nature affects well-being with a B1–B2 lesson that builds vocabulary around emotions and health.
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Explore family roles through interim parenting in an A2–B1 lesson using a heartwarming video and article.
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Improve critical thinking and discussion skills in a B2–C1 lesson about making better decisions and life choices.
Hi teachers,
This week we’ve added three engaging new ESL video lesson plans to help your students develop language skills while exploring real-world topics. Each lesson includes vocabulary development, video viewing, critical thinking tasks, discussion, writing, and more — all designed to save you planning time and keep your learners motivated.
Here’s what’s new:
🌿 1. How Nature Can Make You Feel Calmer
Level: B1–B2
Theme: The positive impact of nature on well-being
This video lesson plan explores how being in nature affects our emotions and health. Students engage with a short video and an article while developing vocabulary and skills across speaking, listening, reading, writing and reflection.
Lesson Objectives:
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Introduce students to the concept of the positive impact of nature on well-being
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Expand vocabulary related to nature, emotions and health
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Develop viewing, listening, and reading comprehension skills
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Improve writing skills through creative and reflective tasks
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Enhance speaking skills through roleplay and discussion
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Foster visual representation through multimodal homework tasks
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Practise listening for gist and specific detail
👶 2. Short-Term Parents
Level: A2–B1
Theme: Parenting and interim parenting
This video lesson plan introduces students to the idea of interim parenting — adults who care for children temporarily. Through a short video, article, and classroom activities, students explore family roles, responsibilities, and empathy.
Lesson Objectives:
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Introduce students to the concept of interim parenting
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Foster discussion on family roles and responsibilities
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Expand vocabulary related to parenting and childcare
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Develop listening and reading comprehension skills
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Improve speaking skills through structured roleplay and discussion
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Develop writing skills through creative and reflective tasks
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Enhance visual representation through multimodal composition tasks
🧠 3. How to Make Better Decisions
Level: B2–C1
Theme: Decision-making and how to improve it
This thought-provoking video lesson plan helps students understand how we make decisions — and how we can make better ones. Based on a short video and supporting article, the lesson combines vocabulary, discussion, roleplay and reflection.
Lesson Objectives:
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Introduce students to the theme of decision-making and how to improve it
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Expand vocabulary related to psychology, thinking and life choices
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Develop viewing, listening and reading comprehension skills
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Improve speaking skills through discussion and roleplay
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Develop writing skills through creative and reflective tasks
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Enhance visual representation through multimodal homework tasks
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Practise listening for gist and specific detail
💡 Teaching Tip of the Week
Pause and Predict: Stop the video halfway and ask students to predict what happens next.
Why it works:
This builds active listening skills, engages imagination, and helps students focus on visual and contextual clues — all of which deepen comprehension and keep learners involved.
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