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B2 ESL Video Lesson Plan: Metacognition

Published on March 29, 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 theme of metacognition and emotional intelligence. 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 explore how […]

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Train in Film and Video with Kieran in Barcelona this Summer

Published on April 4, 2022
By kierandonaghy
We are delighted to announce we are offering our most popular course, Film and Video in Language Teaching, at The School for Training, our small teacher development institute, in Barcelona this summer.     On this course, Kieran Donaghy, the Director of Pedagogy at Film English and the School for Training, trains teachers how to use […]

A2 ESL Video Lesson Plan: Not Enough

Published on April 3, 2022
By kierandonaghy
This ESL video lesson plan is designed around a short film titled Not Enough and the themes of dreams and ambitions. Students talk about the jobs they want or wanted to do, write sentences with ‘not + adjective + enough’, predict the content of a short film, watch a short film with the sound off […]

B1 ESL Video Lesson Plan: Homeless Runner

Published on March 29, 2022
By kierandonaghy
This ESL video lesson plan is designed around a short film titled Every Runner Has a Reason and the theme of running. Students talk about running, watch a short film, answer comprehension questions, analyse a short film, perform a roleplay and reflect on the lesson.     Language level: Intermediate (B1) – Upper Intermediate (B2) […]

B1 ESL Video Lesson Plan: Ingredients of Mental Health

Published on March 27, 2022
By kierandonaghy
This ESL video lesson plan is designed around a short film titled Ingredients of Mental Health and the theme of mental health. Students learn vocabulary related to mental health, talk about mental health, talk about how to improve mental health, watch a short film, makes notes about a short film, analyse a short film, perform […]

Extensive Viewing Guide: The Green Mile

Published on March 24, 2022
By kierandonaghy
An 47-page Extensive Viewing guide to the Oscar-nominated film The Green Mile starring Tom Hanks, Michael Clarke Duncan and David Morse 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: • Viewing recommendations • A […]

A2 ESL Video Lesson Plan: Kid Reporter

Published on March 22, 2022
By kierandonaghy
This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled Kid Reporter and the theme of journalism. Students learn vocabulary related to journalism, talk about journalism, watch a short video, answer comprehension questions, perform a roleplay, analyse a short video and reflect on the lesson.   Language level: Pre-intermediate (A2) – Intermediate (B1) Learner […]

B1 ESL Video Lesson Plan: How to Be an Interesting Person

Published on March 20, 2022
By kierandonaghy
This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled How to Be an Interesting Person and the themes of personality traits and being an interesting person. Students talk about personality traits, watch a short video, answer comprehension questions, analyse a short video, perform a roleplay and reflect on the lesson.   Language level: […]

Extensive Viewing Guide: The Terminal

Published on March 17, 2022
By kierandonaghy
An 47-page Extensive Viewing guide to the critically acclaimed film The Terminal starring Tom Hanks, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Stanley Tucci 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: • Viewing recommendations • A film […]

A2 ESL Video Lesson Plan: Perseverance

Published on March 15, 2022
By kierandonaghy
This ESL video lesson plan is designed around a short film and the theme of perseverance. Students talk about perseverance, come up with vocabulary to describe physical appearance, describe a person in a photo, predict the content of a short film, write a narrative, watch a short film, analyse a short film, perform a roleplay […]

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