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This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled A Time-Honored Achievement and the theme of universities. Students learn vocabulary related to universities, talk about universities, predict the content of a short video, watch a short video, answer comprehension questions, analyse a short video, perform a roleplay and reflect on the lesson.

A 34-page Extensive Viewing guide to the Oscar-nominated film Up in the Air starring George Clooney and Vera Farmiga 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.

A 35-page Extensive Viewing guide to the Oscar-winning film Vice starring Christian Bale and Amy Adams 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 activity sheet can be used with any video ad to help students become more active and critical viewers of media rather than just passive consumers of media through reflection on and discussion of a carefully selected series  of viewing questions.

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled Can visualisation help you achieve a better future? and the theme of visualisation. Students learn vocabulary related to psychology and personal development, talk about visualisation, 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 and reflect on the lesson.

This complete ESL video lesson plan explores the themes of wanderlust, adventure, and risk-taking at C1–C2 level. Learners expand vocabulary related to travel, psychology, and risk, engage with a short video and article, practise discussion, comprehension, writing, and roleplay. A ready-to-use resource for advanced classrooms.

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short film titled War School and the themes of global issues and war. Students learn vocabulary related to global issues and war, talk about global issues, predict the content of a short film, watch a short film, answer comprehension questions, analyse a short film, discuss quotations about war and reflect on the lesson.

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a moving short film titled We've All Been There by Nicholas Clifford and the theme of empathy. Students write a story, watch a short film and speak about empathy.

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video commissioned by Channel 4 to advertise the Paralympic Games. In the lesson students watch a video, visualise the content of a video, speak and write about the challenges people with disabilities overcome.

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled How to Pack for a Weekend Trip and the themes of travel and weekend trips. Students learn vocabulary related to travel and weekend trips, talk about weekend trips, 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, perform a roleplay, read an article titled Maximise Your Weekend Getaway with These Eight Tips, answer comprehension questions, discuss topics raised in an article, write a dialogue using words from reading an article, and reflect on the lesson.

Lesson Summary:This complete, ready-to-use ESL video lesson plan is built around the short video What is wellbeing? and explores the theme of wellbeing and ways of achieving and maintaining it. Designed for Pre-intermediate (A2) to Intermediate (B1) learners, the lesson helps students expand vocabulary related to wellbeing and quality of life while developing viewing, listening, […]

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled What are Universities for? and the themes of universities and the purpose of university. Students learn vocabulary related to universities, talk about universities and the purpose of university, 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 and reflect on the lesson.

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled What if? and the theme of video creation in education. Students learn vocabulary related to video creation, talk about video creation, watch a short video, answer comprehension questions, reconstruct a video transcript, read a video transcript, discuss a short video, read a video-making framework, create a short video and reflect on the lesson.

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled What is depression? and the theme of depression. Students learn vocabulary related to depression, talk about depression, watch a short video, answer comprehension questions, write a summary of a short video, analyse a short video, perform a roleplay and reflect on the lesson.

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled Daniel Goleman Introduces Emotional Intelligence and the theme of emotional intelligence. Students learn vocabulary related to emotional intelligence, talk about emotional intelligence, predict the content of a short video, watch a short video, complete viewing notes, analyse a short video, write about what they have learned from viewing a short video, perform a roleplay and reflect on the lesson.

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled What is Mental Health? and the theme of mental health and emotional well-being. Students learn vocabulary related to mental health and emotional well-being, discuss quotations about mental health, talk about mental health, 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 Eight Strategies to Boost Your Mental Health, answer comprehension questions, discuss topics raised in an article, write about what they have learned from reading an article, and reflect on the lesson.