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B2 ESL Video Lesson Plan: Self-compassion

Published on April 12, 2026
By kierandonaghy
Lesson Summary:This Upper Intermediate (B2) to Advanced (C1) ESL lesson plan is built around a thought-provoking video that explores the themes of compassion and self-compassion. It is designed to help learners develop key language skills—listening, viewing, speaking, reading, writing and visually representing—through guided discussion, roleplay, vocabulary building and engaging classroom activities. Learners reflect on ambition, […]

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B2 ESL Video Lesson Plan: Managing Your Mood

Published on October 28, 2024
By kierandonaghy
This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled Managing your Mood: Tips for Staying Present and the themes of moods and managing your moods. Students learn vocabulary related to moods and managing your moods, talk about moods and managing your moods, predict the content of a short video, watch a short video, […]

B1 ESL Video Lesson Plan: How to Fight Workaholism

Published on October 23, 2024
By kierandonaghy
This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled Fighting Workaholism: You Are Not a Success Machine and the themes of workaholism and overcoming workaholism. Students learn vocabulary related to workaholism and overcoming workaholism, talk about workaholism and overcoming workaholism, predict the content of a short video, watch a short video, answer comprehension […]

B1 ESL Video Lesson Plan: Can Work Make You Happy?

Published on October 21, 2024
By kierandonaghy
This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled Can Work Make You Happy? Should It? and the theme of happiness at work. Students learn vocabulary related to happiness at work, talk about happiness at work, predict the content of a short video, watch a short video, answer comprehension questions, analyse a short […]

B1 ESL Video Lesson Plan: How to Keep Calm Under Pressure

Published on October 15, 2024
By kierandonaghy
This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled How to keep calm under pressure | 3 quick tips and the theme of keeping calm. Students learn vocabulary related to keeping calm, talk about keeping calm, predict the content of a short video, watch a short video, answer comprehension questions, analyse a short […]

B1 ESL Video Lesson Plan: Why you Have an Accent in a Foreign Language

Published on October 13, 2024
By kierandonaghy
This ESL video lesson plan is designed around a short video titled Why you have an accent in a foreign language and the themes of accents and pronunciation. Students learn vocabulary related to accents and pronunciation, talk about accents and pronunciation, predict the content of a short video, watch a short video, answer comprehension questions, […]

B1 ESL Video Lesson Plan: How to Get a New Habit to Stick

Published on October 8, 2024
By kierandonaghy
This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled Five tips to get a new habit to stick and the themes of habits and forming habits. Students learn vocabulary related to habits and forming habits, talk about habits and forming habits, discuss quotations about habits, predict the content of a short video, watch […]

B1 ESL Video Lesson Plan: Why Suffering is Necessary

Published on October 1, 2024
By kierandonaghy
This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled Why your Epicurean approach will never make you truly happy and the themes of happiness and suffering. Students learn vocabulary related to happiness and suffering, talk about happiness and suffering, predict the content of a short video, watch a short video, check true/false sentences, […]

B1 ESL Video Lesson Plan: How to Be More Productive

Published on September 29, 2024
By kierandonaghy
This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled How to feel more in control of your time | Productivity tips and hacks and the themes of productivity and language learning productivity. Students learn vocabulary related to productivity, talk about productivity and language learning productivity, discuss previewing questions, watch a short video, answer […]

Extensive Viewing Guide: Match Point

Published on September 26, 2024
By kierandonaghy
An 87-page Extensive Viewing guide to the Oscar-nominated film Match Point starring Scarlett Johansson, Brian Cox, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Matthew Goode and Emily Mortimer 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. The viewing guide includes: • […]

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