Listening

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short film titled Mog’s Christmas Calamity and the theme of Christmas. Students collate and use vocabulary related to Christmas, talk about Christmas customs, watch a short film, answer comprehension questions, predict the ending of a short film, discuss a short film and reflect on the lesson.

This ESL lesson is designed around a beautiful short film called Moments by Nuno Rocha and the theme of homelessness. Students learn vocabulary related to homelessness, talk about homelessness, watch a short film, write a story, answer comprehension questions, discuss a short film and reflect on the lesson.

A 43-page Extensive Viewing guide to the Oscar-nominated film Moneyball starring  Brad Pitt and Philip Seymour Hoffman for English language students who want to learn English through watching films. The guide will help students improve their English vocabulary, listening comprehension, pronunciation and speaking. 

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short film titled Mother and the theme of moral dilemmas. Students learn vocabulary related to dilemmas, talk about dilemmas, watch a short film, identify the moral dilemma in a film, discuss the moral dilemma in a film, analyse a short film, and reflect on the lesson.

This complete ESL video lesson plan for C1–C2 learners explores morality, morals, and moral imagination. Students expand vocabulary for ethical decision-making, develop critical thinking through discussions and roleplay, and engage with a thought-provoking video and article. Perfect for mature teens and adults, it builds speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills in a fully ready-to-use package. […]

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short film titled Wrong side of the bed and the theme of morning routines. Students learn vocabulary related to morning routines, write and talk about morning routines, write sentences using the first conditional, predict the content of a short film, watch a short film, write sentences about actions in a short film, analyse a short film, and reflect on the lesson.

This complete ESL video lesson plan, How to Stay Motivated When Learning a Language, helps students explore the theme of motivation and how it influences language learning. Aimed at pre-intermediate (A2) to intermediate (B1) learners, it includes activities to build vocabulary, improve communication, and encourage reflection through viewing, discussion and creative tasks. Teachers receive a ready-to-use package designed to inspire confidence and motivation in language learners.

This ESL lesson plan is designed around three minute-long short films titled Move, Learn, Eat and the topics of travel, learning and food. Students speak and write about a world trip, travel, learning and food, and watch three short videos.

This ESL lesson is designed around a beautiful short film by Matt Morris about Johnny Barnes, an 88-year-old man who dedicates his life to making people happy. Students practise speaking, listening and writing.

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a Christmas short film and the theme of Christmas. Students learn vocabulary related to Christmas, talk about Christmas, read a description of a short film, visualise a short film, watch a short film, analyse a short film, write from the perspective of a character in a short film and reflect on the lesson.

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled Multimillionaire at 19 and the themes of multimillionaires and stereotypes. Students learn vocabulary related to multimillionaires and business, talk about multimillionaires and stereotypes, predict the content of a short video, watch a short video, complete viewing notes, analyse a short video, perform a roleplay and reflect on the lesson.

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a video commissioned by the Barbican arts centre, London and the theme of music. Students practise adjectives to describe emotions, watch a short video, talk about music and discuss quotations about music.

A Collection 0f 6 Extensive Viewing Guides for musical drama films:

• Bohemian Rhapsody
• Rocketman
• Tick, Tick… Boom!
• A Star is Born
• La La Land
• Mamma Mia!

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short film titled My earliest Childhood Memory, and the theme of childhood memories. Students describe their earliest childhood memory and listen to other students describe theirs, watch a short film and reconstruct the narration, and talk about other childhood memories.

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short film titled My Favourite Animal and the theme of animals. Students learn vocabulary related to animals, write and talk about their favourite animals, watch a short film, make notes about a short film, analyse a short film, and reflect on the lesson.

This activity sheet can be used to get students to talk and write about their favourite feature-length film.