Category: Genre: Short video

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled Being a Good Listener and the themes of listening and paralinguistics. Students learn vocabulary related to being a good listener and paralinguistics, talk about being a good listener and paralinguistics, watch a short video, answer comprehension questions, discuss a short video, perform two roleplays […]

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled The Joy of Books and the themes of books and reading. Students learn vocabulary related to books, talk about books and reading, predict the content of a short video, watch a short video, discuss a short video, read a review of a short video, […]

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled Wisdom and the themes of personal qualities and wisdom. Students learn vocabulary related to personal qualities and wisdom, talk about personal qualities and wisdom, read and discuss quotations about wisdom, watch a short video, answer comprehension questions, read a video transcript, discuss a video […]

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled Empathy: The Human Connection to Patient Care and the themes empathy and hospitals. Students learn vocabulary related to empathy and hospitals, talk about empathy, predict the content of a short video, watch a short video, answer comprehension questions, discuss a short video and reflect […]

This ESL video lesson plan is designed around a short video titled Five Things Every Presenter Needs to Know about People by Susan Weinschenk and the theme of presentations. Students talk about presentations, predict the content of a short video, watch a short video, summarise the key points of a short video, discuss recommendations, talk […]

This ESL video lesson is designed around a short video and the theme of learning a language. In the lesson students talk about their reasons for learning English and what they want to do with English in the future. They also watch a short video and answer comprehension questions.     Language level: Pre-intermediate (A2) […]

This ESL video lesson plan is designed around a time-lapse short film about Barcelona by Rob Whitworth and the themes of Barcelona and sightseeing. Students learn sightseeing vocabulary, talk about sightseeing, describe a city, watch a short video, discuss a short video, plan a sightseeing weekend, plan a video about their city and reflect on the […]

This ESL video lesson plan is designed around two short videos, What’s Cookin’? by LRG and Happy Food by Yum Yum London, and the theme of food. Students learn vocabulary related to food, talk about food, watch two short videos, discuss two short videos and reflect on the lesson.     Language level: Pre-intermediate (A2) […]

This ESL lesson is designed around a short video titled Saving Grace by Toad’s Caravan commissioned by the charity Mary’s Meals. Students discuss poverty, do a dictation, watch two short videos, answer comprehension questions, discuss two videos and reflect on the lesson.     Language level: Intermediate (B1) – Upper Intermediate (B2) Learner type: Teens […]