C1 ESL Video Lesson Plan: How to Feel Confident

📝 Lesson Summary
This C1-level ESL video lesson plan is built around a thought-provoking video that explores the theme of how to feel confident. It is designed to help learners develop key language skills—particularly speaking, listening and reading—through guided discussion, vocabulary building, and engaging classroom activities.

The ESL video lesson plan is designed around a short video titled How to Feel Confident and the theme of self-confidence and how it can be developed over time. Students learn vocabulary related to confidence, mindset and personal growth, talk about self-confidence and how it can be developed, discuss quotations about self-confidence, 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, read an article titled From Fear to Fierce: Training Your Confidence Muscle, answer comprehension questions, discuss topics raised in an article, write about what they have learned from reading an article, and reflect on the lesson.

🧠 Learning Objectives
Students will:

• Explore the concept of self-confidence and how it can be developed over time

• Expand their vocabulary related to confidence, mindset, and personal growth

• Develop viewing, listening, and reading comprehension skills

• Improve writing skills through reflective and vocabulary-based tasks

• Practise speaking skills through guided discussions and a roleplay activity

• Engage in critical thinking and personal reflection

• Enhance visual representation skills through a multimodal homework task

🎬 Lesson Activities
Throughout this 90–120 minute lesson, students will:

• Talk about self-confidence and how it can be strengthened over time

• Discuss quotations about self-confidence and personal growth

• Predict the content of a short video based on its title

• Watch the video and complete comprehension and analysis activities

• Write about what they’ve learned from the video

• Perform a roleplay exploring confidence-building scenarios

• Read an article titled From Fear to Fierce: Training Your Confidence Muscle

• Answer comprehension questions based on the article

• Discuss key issues raised in the article

• Reflect on the lesson and express personal insights in writing

👥 Learner Type
Suitable for mature teens and adults at C1–C2 level

📚 Language Focus
Vocabulary related to:

• Self-confidence

• Mindset

• Personal growth

Watch the short video.

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