B1 ESL Lesson Plan: Child Anxiety

Lesson Summary
This ESL lesson plan explores anxiety, child anxiety and supporting anxious children through a short video titled Children’s Anxiety: 3 Ways to Help Your Anxious Child. Designed for Intermediate (B1) to Upper Intermediate (B2) adult learners, it includes vocabulary work, video comprehension, discussion, roleplay and an article titled Helping Children Find Their Own Words for Difficult Feelings.

Learning Objectives

• Explore anxiety and supportive communication.
• Develop vocabulary related to emotions, behaviour and support.
• Practise comprehension, critical thinking and expressing opinions.

Lesson Activities

• Discuss children’s worries and ways adults can offer support.
• Predict video content, watch the video and answer comprehension questions.
• Analyse the video and perform a roleplay.
• Read an article and discuss approaches to expressing feelings.
• Write about learning and reflect on the lesson.

Learner Type: Adults
Level: Intermediate (B1) – Upper Intermediate (B2)
Language Focus: Vocabulary related to emotions, behaviour and support
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

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