Listening

This advanced ESL video lesson plan is built around the short video I WAS WRONG – How I Set Goals and explores different ways of thinking about goals and how goals and systems work together. Learners engage with authentic ideas about purpose, process and success through discussion, quotation analysis, video viewing, critical thinking tasks, roleplay and an extended article reading. The lesson provides a complete, ready-to-use package for teachers looking to develop high-level language skills whi…

This engaging ESL video lesson plan is based on the short video How to Turn Information into Intelligence and explores the concept of learning and how to convert information into long-term understanding. Ideal for Advanced (C1) to Proficient (C2) learners, the lesson focuses on developing vocabulary related to cognition, learning and brain function. Through guided discussion, video analysis, roleplay, article-based reading and reflective writing, learners are encouraged to explore how intelligen…

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video and the theme of human rights. Students learn vocabulary related to human rights, talk about human rights, watch a short video, analyse a short video, and reflect on the lesson.

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short film titled I Can Do That and the theme of disadvantage. Students predict the content of a short film, listen to a short film and speculate about what is happening in the film, watch a short film, answer comprehension questions, analyse a short film, perform a roleplay and reflect on the lesson.

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled I Walked around the World and the theme of walking. Students learn vocabulary related to walking, talk about walking, plan a walking trip around the world, write questions about a short video, watch a short video, answer comprehension questions, discuss a short video, perform a roleplay and reflect on the lesson.

This ESL lesson is designed around a short video and the theme of learning a language. In the lesson students talk about their reasons for learning English and what they want to do with English in the future. They also watch a short video and answer comprehension questions.