Category: Communication

B1 ESL Video Lesson Plan: Effective Communication

Published on July 27, 2025

By kierandonaghy

  Lesson Summary This engaging ESL video lesson plan is built around the short video Alan Alda’s 3 Key Ways to Making Yourself Understood and explores the theme of effective communication. Suitable for Intermediate (B1) to Upper Intermediate (B2) level students, the lesson is ideal for teens and adults. It features vocabulary-building, critical thinking, structured […]

FREE ESL Lesson Plan: How Being Bilingual Enhances Creativity

Published on July 6, 2025

By kierandonaghy

📝 Lesson Summary This engaging, free ESL lesson plan is built around the short video How Being Bilingual Enhances Creativity and explores the theme of bilingualism and its impact on creativity and perception. Designed for Intermediate (B1) to Upper Intermediate (B2) learners, the lesson encourages mature teens and adults to examine the cognitive and cultural […]

A2 ESL Video Lesson Plan: Benefits of Learning a New Language

Published on April 10, 2025

By kierandonaghy

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled Three Surprising Benefits of Learning a New Language and the themes of learning a new language and the benefits of learning a new language. Students learn vocabulary related to the benefits of learning a new language, talk about learning a new language and the […]

C1 ESL Video Lesson Plan: The Art of Argument

Published on April 6, 2025

By kierandonaghy

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled The Art of Argument and the themes of argument and how to construct an effective argument. Students learn vocabulary related to argument and how to construct an effective argument, discuss quotations about argument, talk about argument and how to construct an effective argument, predict […]

C1 ESL Video Lesson Plan: How to Ask Better Questions

Published on March 25, 2025

By kierandonaghy

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled How to Ask Better Questions and the theme of asking good questions. Students learn vocabulary related to asking good questions, discuss quotations about asking good questions, talk about asking good questions, predict the content of a short video, watch a short video, answer comprehension […]

B1 ESL Video Lesson Plan: How To Be Better at Conversation

Published on February 16, 2025

By kierandonaghy

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled How To Be Social – How To Never Run Out Of Things To Say and the theme of making conversation more engaging and effective. Students learn vocabulary related to social interaction and communication, talk about conversation and how to make conversation more engaging and […]

A2 ESL Video Lesson Plan: 7 Ways to Learn a New Language Effectively

Published on February 2, 2025

By kierandonaghy

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled That’s How You Learn a New Language: 7 Effective Methods and the themes of learning a language and effective language learning methods. Students learn vocabulary related to learning a language and effective language learning methods, discuss quotations about learning a language, talk about learning […]

B1 ESL Video Lesson Plan: Key Skills To Promote Constructive Conversations

Published on January 26, 2025

By kierandonaghy

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled 5 conversation skills that enhance your rational brain and the themes of reducing defensiveness in discussions and promoting constructive conversations. Students learn vocabulary and phrases related to constructive conversations, talk about constructive conversations, predict the content of a short video, watch a short video, […]

B2 ESL Video Lesson Plan: How to Be More Persuasive

Published on August 5, 2024

By kierandonaghy

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled The Psychology of Persuasion and the theme of persuasion. Students learn vocabulary related to persuasion, talk about persuasion, discuss quotations about persuasion, predict the content of a short video, watch a short video, complete viewing notes, analyse a short video, perform a roleplay and […]