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Emotional Intelligence

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled Emotional Intelligence in the Workplace and the themes of effective leadership and emotional intelligence. Students learn vocabulary related to effective leadership and emotional intelligence, talk about effective leadership and emotional intelligence, 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.

Emotional Maturity

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled What Is It to Be Emotionally Mature and the theme of emotional maturity. Students learn vocabulary related to emotional maturity, talk about emotionally mature people, predict the content of a short video, watch a short video, complete viewing notes, talk about the most important characteristics of emotional maturity, analyse a short video, perform a roleplay and reflect on the lesson.

Emotions

This ESL video lesson plan is built around the short video How Our Expectations Shape What We See, Hear and Feel and explores emotions as constructed experiences. Designed for Upper Intermediate to Advanced learners, it develops learners’ understanding of how emotions are shaped by past experiences and expectations through video analysis, discussion, roleplay and extended reading.

Empathy

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled Empathy: The Human Connection to Patient Care and the themes empathy and hospitals. Students learn vocabulary related to empathy and hospitals, talk about empathy, predict the content of a short video, watch a short video, answer comprehension questions, discuss a short video and reflect on the lesson.

Empire of Light

A 56-page Extensive Viewing guide to the award-winning film Empire of Light starring Olivia Colman, Micheal Ward, Toby Jones and Colin Firth 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.

Enhancing Well-being Through Physical Activity

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled Increasing Physical Activity: Working Towards Wellbeing and the theme of the relationship between physical activity and mental well-being. Students learn vocabulary related to physical and mental health, talk about physical activity and mental well-being, discuss quotations about physical activity and mental well-being, 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, read an article, answer comprehension questions, discuss topics raised in an article, write about what they have learned from reading an article, perform a roleplay, and reflect on the lesson.

Ethical Decision Making

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled Ethical Decision Making and the theme of ethics and ethical decision making. Students learn vocabulary related to ethics and values, discuss quotations about ethics, talk about ethics and ethical decision making, 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, answer comprehension questions, discuss topics raised in an article, write about what they have learned from reading an article, and reflect on the lesson.

Everyday

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a beautiful short film called Everyday by Gustav Johansson and the theme of everyday routines and empathy. Students talk and write about everyday routines, watch a short film, answer comprehension questions, discuss a short film and reflect on the lesson.

Exercise and Mental Health

This ready-to-use ESL video lesson plan is based on the short video How Exercise Saved My Mental Health and explores the importance of exercise for good mental health. Designed for B1–B2 learners, the lesson develops vocabulary related to exercise, health and well-being through viewing, discussion, roleplay, reading and creative activities.

Exercise Myths

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled Harvard professor debunks the biggest exercise myths and the themes of exercise and myths about exercise. Students learn vocabulary related to exercise, talk about exercise, discuss pre-viewing questions, watch a short video, answer comprehension questions, discuss pre-viewing questions to analyse a short video, write about what they have learned from viewing a short video, discuss critical thinking questions, and reflect on the lesson.

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

A 46-page Extensive Viewing guide to the Oscar-nominated film Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close starring Thomas Horn, Tom Hanks, Max von Sydow and Sandra Bullock 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.

Failure and Creativity

Lesson Summary:This complete, ready-to-use ESL video lesson plan explores failure and its role in the creative process. Aimed at Upper Intermediate (B2) to Advanced (C1) learners, it engages students through vocabulary building, video analysis, discussion of quotations, comprehension questions, roleplay, and a follow-up article titled The Courage to Create: Overcoming Fear of Failure. Teachers get […]

Fake It Till You Make It

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled Fake It Till You Make It and the concept of “fake it till you make it” and how it applies in real life. Students learn vocabulary related to self-confidence, perseverance and personal growth, discuss quotations about self-confidence, talk about self-confidence, perseverance and personal growth, 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, answer comprehension questions, discuss topics raised in an article, write about what they have learned from reading an article, and reflect on the lesson.

Families around the World

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled How are families around the world the same and different? and the themes of family and how families can be different and similar across cultures. Students learn vocabulary related to the concept of families around the world, discuss quotations about family, talk about family and the concept of families around the world, 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, read an article, answer comprehension questions, perform a roleplay, and reflect on the lesson.

Family Drama Collection

A Collection of 6 Extensive Viewing Guides for family drama films.
  • American Beauty
  • Boyhood
  • Manchester by the Sea
  • Marriage Story
  • The Descendants
  • Wonder

Fargo

A 32-page Extensive Viewing guide to the Oscar-winning film Fargo starring Frances McDormand, William H. Macy and Steve Buscemi 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.

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