B2 ESL Video Lesson Plan: What are Universities for?

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled What are Universities for? and the themes of universities and the purpose of universities. Students learn vocabulary related to universities, talk about universities and the purpose of university, predict the content of a short video, watch a short video, answer comprehension questions, analyse a short video, write about what they have learned from viewing a short video and reflect on the lesson.

Language level: Upper Intermediate (B2) – Advanced (C1)

Learner type: Teens and adults

Time: 90 minutes

Activity: Learning vocabulary related to universities, talking about universities and the purpose of university, predicting the content of a short video, watching a short video, answering comprehension questions, analysing a short video, writing about what they have learned from viewing a short video and reflecting on the lesson

Topic: Universities and the purpose of university

Language: Vocabulary related to universities

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Benefits for Learners:

• Develop communicative competence and confidence through integrated skill-building
• Expand vocabulary and improve listening and reading comprehension through repeated, meaningful exposure
• Think critically and creatively while exploring powerful social and emotional themes
• Strengthen emotional intelligence and intercultural awareness through affective engagement with multimodal texts

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