Lesson Summary:This Advanced (C1) to Proficient (C2) ESL lesson plan is built around a compelling short video in which David Graeber explores the value of work and what makes work meaningful. Through viewing, discussion and creative activities, learners examine competing ideas about labour, social value and caring work. The lesson is enriched by an in-depth […]

Lesson Summary:This Upper Intermediate to Advanced ESL lesson plan is built around a thought-provoking short animated video that explores why habits are difficult to break. Focusing on habits and habitual behaviour, the lesson helps learners develop key language skills through viewing, discussion, roleplay, reading and reflective writing activities. Learning Objectives:• To introduce students to the […]

Lesson Summary:This ESL video lesson plan for Upper Intermediate to Advanced learners is built around a short video titled STOP making it about YOU and explores empathy and how to be empathetic in personal and professional contexts. The lesson guides learners through discussion, quotation analysis, video viewing, comprehension tasks, roleplay and an extended article reading […]

Lesson Summary:This Advanced (C1) to Proficient (C2) ESL video lesson plan is built around a thought-provoking short video titled Five Ways to Improve Your Relationships. The lesson explores relationships, human connection and self-awareness, encouraging learners to reflect on communication, conflict and emotional honesty. Through viewing and discussion, roleplay, vocabulary development and an extended reading article, […]

Lesson Summary:This Intermediate to Upper Intermediate ESL video lesson plan is built around the short video Is Social Media Messing with Our Emotions? and explores how social media shapes emotional experience in modern life. Learners engage with thought-provoking viewing tasks, discussion, roleplay and an extended reading text titled Designing Social Media for Emotional Well-being. The […]

Lesson Summary:This ESL video lesson plan is built around a thought-provoking short video that explores New Year’s resolutions and why they often fail. Aimed at Pre-intermediate (A2) to Intermediate (B1) learners, the lesson encourages reflection on goal setting, habits and personal change through viewing, discussion, roleplay and writing. Learners also engage with an article titled […]

Lesson Summary:This B1–B2 ESL video lesson plan is built around a short video that explores effective communication in public speaking. Learners examine how speakers communicate ideas clearly through structure and purpose, develop vocabulary related to planning and delivering messages, and engage in discussion, roleplay, and reflective writing. The lesson also includes a reading text that […]

Lesson Summary:This Upper Intermediate (B2) to Advanced (C1) ESL video lesson plan is built around a thought-provoking short video that explores humiliation and its social function. Learners examine why humiliation exists, how it operates in society and how public shame can be challenged. Through viewing, discussion and creative activities, students develop language skills, critical thinking […]

  Lesson Summary:This Advanced to Proficient ESL video lesson plan is built around the video How Reading Changes the Way Your Brain Works and explores the powerful relationship between reading, cognition and the brain. Through viewing, discussion and creative activities, learners examine how reading developed, how it shapes brain function and why deep reading matters […]