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B1 ESL Video Lesson Plan: 7 Ways to Make a Good First Impression

Published on July 1, 2025

By kierandonaghy

  📝 Lesson Summary This engaging ESL video lesson plan is built around the short video 7 Psychological Tricks to Make a Good First Impression and explores the theme of first impressions and their impact. It is designed for Intermediate (B1) to Upper Intermediate (B2) level learners and is ideal for teens and adults. 🧠 […]

Get a Taste of Film English – Free Basic Membership Now Available!

Published on June 9, 2025

By kierandonaghy

We’re thrilled to announce a new way to join the Film English community — for free! With the Basic Subscription – Individual, teachers can now access a selection of high-quality ESL resources at no cost: ✔️ Over 30 free Video Lesson Plans from our library ✔️ 1 new lesson every month, covering levels A2 to […]

‘The Purpose of Friendship’ Lesson Plan

Published on November 24, 2024

By kierandonaghy

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled The Purpose of Friendship and the themes of friendship and the purpose of friendship. Students learn vocabulary related to friendship and relationships, talk about friendship and the purpose of friendship, discuss quotations about friendship, predict the content of a short video, watch a short […]

‘Buddy Benches’ FREE Lesson Plan

Published on May 28, 2024

By kierandonaghy

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video and the theme of buddy benches. Students learn vocabulary related to buddy benches, talk about buddy benches, predict the content of a short video, watch a short video, answer comprehension questions, analyse a short video, perform a roleplay and reflect on the lesson. Language level: […]

Download for Free the Oxford University Press Position Paper ‘Multimodality in ELT’

Published on May 19, 2024

By kierandonaghy

I am delighted to announce my latest publication, the Oxford University Press Position Paper Multimodality in ELT which you can download for free here. Traditionally, students in the ELT classroom have been taught the four skills: listening, reading, speaking, and writing. However, we need to keep pace with the world in which our students live: […]

‘Identical Twins’ FREE Lesson Plan

Published on January 23, 2024

By kierandonaghy

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled What identical twins separated at birth teach us about genetics and the themes of twins and genetics. Students learn vocabulary related to genetics, talk about identical twins, predict the content of a short video, watch a short video, answer comprehension questions, analyse a short […]

Train Online with Kieran on the Empathy in Language Teaching Course

Published on September 19, 2020

By kierandonaghy

Join Kieran Donaghy on the Empathy in Language Teaching online course. Explore why empathy is particularly important in language teaching and how empathy can be developed among both language teachers and learners.     Course description Get exclusive video lectures, handouts and articles. A 3-week course with continual support at every stage and detailed feedback […]

Train with Kieran Donaghy in Film and Video Online

Published on August 31, 2020

By kierandonaghy

Schedule Sunday 4th October The opening webinar takes place  and course material is made available . Sunday 18th October The second webinar takes place and final coursework is set. Sunday 25th October Final coursework is handed in. Friday 30th October Feedback is sent and certification awarded. Please note any teachers who cannot attend a webinar […]

Train with Kieran in Barcelona this summer

Published on June 30, 2020

By kierandonaghy

I’m delighted to announce I’m offering my most popular course, Film and Video in Language Teaching, at The School for Training, my small teacher development institute, in Barcelona this summer. On this course I train teachers how to use film and video critically and creatively in the language classroom. There are a total of twenty contact […]