Category: Genre: Short video

  Lesson Summary:This C1–C2 ESL video lesson plan is built around a short video titled Why do some people have wanderlust – and not others? and an article, The Psychology of Adventure: Why We Seek Thrills. It explores the themes of wanderlust, adventure, and risk-taking, helping students develop vocabulary, comprehension, speaking, writing, and critical thinking […]

Lesson Summary:This B1–B2 ESL lesson plan is built around a thought-provoking video on the theme of bucket lists and how to create them. Learners will develop essential language skills through viewing, discussion and creative classroom activities while exploring the motivational power of personal goals. Learning Objectives: To introduce students to the theme of bucket lists. […]

Lesson Summary:This C1–C2 ESL lesson plan is built around a thought-provoking video titled How to Have Moral Courage & Moral Imagination? and explores morality, moral courage, and moral imagination. Designed for mature teens and adults, the lesson helps learners develop key skills—speaking, listening, reading, and writing—through guided discussions, comprehension tasks, roleplay, and critical reflection. Students […]

  Lesson Summary:This Pre-intermediate (A2) to Intermediate (B1) ESL video lesson plan is built around a thought-provoking video titled How to Deal with Panic During a Crisis and explores the theme of panic and how to manage it. It helps students develop key language skills—listening, viewing, speaking, reading, writing and visually representing—through vocabulary-building, video analysis, […]

Lesson Summary:This C1–C2 ESL lesson plan is built around a thought-provoking video titled Why a Walk in the Park Can Save Your Life and explores the theme of parks as places of reflection and restoration. Learners build vocabulary related to nature, mental health, and perspective, develop their viewing, listening, reading, and writing skills, analyse and […]

Lesson Summary:This B1–B2 lesson centres on Hiking through Tragedy on the Pacific Crest Trail and guides learners to explore hiking and emotional resilience. Students predict content, watch and analyse a short video, extend topic vocabulary, perform a supportive roleplay, read Hiking as a Path to Emotional Healing, discuss ideas and write reflectively. Learning Objectives: To […]

Lesson Summary:This B2–C1 ESL lesson plan is built around a thought-provoking short video titled You Need to Be Bored. Here’s Why. and the theme of boredom and its psychological importance. It is designed to help students develop key language skills—listening, viewing, speaking, reading, writing and critical thinking—through guided discussion, quotation analysis, video comprehension, article reading, […]

Lesson Summary:This Upper Intermediate (B2) to Advanced (C1) ESL lesson plan is built around a thought-provoking video on the theme of failure and its role in the creative process. It helps learners expand vocabulary on failure, creativity and cognitive processes, discuss quotations, predict video content, watch and analyse a short video, answer comprehension questions, and […]

Lesson Summary:This Advanced (C1)–Proficient (C2) ESL lesson plan is built around a thought-provoking short video titled Why I Spend $2 Million A Year To Look 18 Years Old Again and the themes of ageing and reverse ageing. The lesson helps learners expand vocabulary related to health, longevity and wellbeing, engage with powerful quotations about ageing, […]