B2 ESL Lesson Plan: Caregiving

Lesson Summary

How can we give unpaid care work the recognition it deserves? This ESL lesson plan invites Upper Intermediate (B2) to Advanced (C1) students to explore caregiving, its contribution to society and the importance of supportive workplaces.

The lesson is based on the short video Caregiving Is Real Work — Let’s Treat It That Way. Through quotations, discussion, video comprehension and a workplace roleplay, students examine care responsibilities and practise explaining caregivers’ needs. The accompanying article, Why Unpaid Care Work Deserves Recognition, extends the topic through reading, critical thinking and writing.

Learning Objectives

• To understand the social and economic importance of unpaid care work.
• To build vocabulary related to care, employment and workplace flexibility.
• To develop viewing, listening and reading comprehension skills.
• To practise writing through reflective and creative tasks.
• To strengthen speaking and critical thinking through discussion and roleplay.
• To develop visual representing skills through multimodal homework tasks.

Lesson Activities

• Explore quotations and discuss caregiving before viewing.
• Predict, watch and analyse a short video.
• Answer video comprehension questions and write a response.
• Negotiate flexible working arrangements in a roleplay.
• Read an article, answer comprehension questions and discuss its arguments.
• Reflect on learning through writing and multimodal composition.

Learner Type

Mature teens and adults.

Language Level

Upper Intermediate (B2) – Advanced (C1).

Language Focus

• Caregiving and unpaid care vocabulary.
• Employment and workplace flexibility vocabulary.
• Giving opinions, explaining responsibilities and proposing solutions.

Time

90–120 minutes.

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

Watch the short video.

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