Category: Work

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 (B2) to Advanced (C1) ESL lesson plan is built around the thought-provoking video Is it still worth going to university?. The lesson explores the theme of higher education and the question of its value in modern society. Students learn vocabulary related to university, employment, technology and soft skills, discuss quotations about […]

Lesson Summary:This Upper Intermediate (B2) to Advanced (C1) ESL lesson plan is built around a short video titled How to Make Meetings Less Rubbish and explores the theme of meetings and their purpose in professional contexts. It is designed to help learners develop essential communication and collaboration skills through viewing, discussion, and creative activities. Students […]

This A2-level ESL video lesson plan is built around a thought-provoking video that explores the theme of business etiquette. It is designed to help learners develop key language skills—listening, viewing, speaking, reading, writing and visually representing—through guided discussion, roleplay, vocabulary building, and engaging classroom activities. The ESL video lesson plan is designed around a short […]

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled This is what makes employees happy at work and the theme of workplace happiness and employee satisfaction. Students learn vocabulary related to workplace culture and emotional wellbeing, talk about workplace happiness and employee satisfaction, discuss quotations about workplace happiness, predict the content of a […]

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled 5 ways to create stronger connections and the theme of making strong professional interpersonal relationships. Students learn vocabulary on the topic of making strong connections, talk about connections and forming strong connections, discuss quotations about connection, predict the content of a short video, watch […]

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled Best Networking Tips: How to Make a Connection and the theme of networking. Students learn vocabulary related to networking, talk about networking, discuss quotations about networking, predict the content of a short video, watch a short video, answer comprehension questions, analyse a short video, […]

This ESL video lesson plan is designed around a short video titled The Power of Quiet Leadership and the themes of leadership and quiet leadership. Students learn vocabulary related to leadership, talk about introverts and extroverts, predict the content of a short video, watch a short video, answer comprehension questions, analyse a short video, write […]

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled Fighting Workaholism: You Are Not a Success Machine and the themes of workaholism and overcoming workaholism. Students learn vocabulary related to workaholism and overcoming workaholism, talk about workaholism and overcoming workaholism, predict the content of a short video, watch a short video, answer comprehension […]