Category: Personal development

🎯 Level: B1–B2 💡 Theme: Exercise and mental Health Lesson Summary:This B1–B2 ESL video lesson plan is built around the video How Exercise Saved My Mental Health and explores the importance of exercise for mental well-being through viewing, discussion and creative activities. Learning Objectives:• Introduce students to the theme of exercise and healthy lifestyles.• Introduce […]

Lesson Summary:This Intermediate (B1) to Upper Intermediate (B2) ESL video lesson plan explores the concept of risk and reward and how individuals make decisions when facing uncertainty. Aimed at mature teens and adults, the lesson helps learners develop vocabulary related to decision-making, fear and uncertainty while strengthening viewing, listening, reading and speaking skills. Through viewing […]

Lesson Summary:This Upper Intermediate (B2) to Advanced (C1) ESL video lesson plan is built around the thought-provoking short film In Praise of Nice People. It explores the theme of appreciating nice people and the value of niceness in relationships and society. Through viewing, discussion and creative tasks, learners expand key vocabulary related to human nature […]

Lesson Summary:This Advanced (C1) to Proficient (C2) ESL video lesson plan is built around a thought-provoking short video titled I WAS WRONG – How I Set Goals. The lesson explores different ways of thinking about goals and how goals and systems work together to shape purpose and success. Learners develop key language skills through viewing, […]

Lesson Summary:This Advanced (C1) to Proficient (C2) ESL lesson plan is built around a compelling short video in which David Graeber explores the value of work and what makes work meaningful. Through viewing, discussion and creative activities, learners examine competing ideas about labour, social value and caring work. The lesson is enriched by an in-depth […]

Lesson Summary:This Upper Intermediate to Advanced ESL lesson plan is built around a thought-provoking short animated video that explores why habits are difficult to break. Focusing on habits and habitual behaviour, the lesson helps learners develop key language skills through viewing, discussion, roleplay, reading and reflective writing activities. Learning Objectives:• To introduce students to the […]

Lesson Summary:This ESL video lesson plan is built around a thought-provoking short video that explores New Year’s resolutions and why they often fail. Aimed at Pre-intermediate (A2) to Intermediate (B1) learners, the lesson encourages reflection on goal setting, habits and personal change through viewing, discussion, roleplay and writing. Learners also engage with an article titled […]

Lesson Summary:This Upper Intermediate (B2) to Advanced (C1) ESL video lesson plan is built around a thought-provoking short video that explores humiliation and its social function. Learners examine why humiliation exists, how it operates in society and how public shame can be challenged. Through viewing, discussion and creative activities, students develop language skills, critical thinking […]

  Lesson Summary:This Intermediate (B1) – Upper Intermediate (B2) ESL lesson plan is built around a thought-provoking short video titled Brené Brown on Blame and the theme of blame and its role in human behaviour. It helps learners develop essential language skills through viewing, discussion, reading and creative activities while exploring how blame affects relationships […]