B1 ESL Video Lesson Plan: Depression
This B1-level ESL video lesson plan is built around a thought-provoking video that explores the theme of depression. 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.
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This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short film titled Soft Rain and the theme of depression. Students learn vocabulary related to depression, talk about depression, read and discuss quotations about depression, watch a short video, talk about metaphors and symbolism in a short film, analyse a short video, and reflect on the lesson.
Language level: Intermediate (B1) – Upper Intermediate (B2)
Learner type: Teens and adults
Time: 90 minutes
Activity: Learning vocabulary related to depression, talking about depression, reading and discussing quotations about depression, watching a short video, talking about metaphors and symbolism in a short film, analysing a short video, and reflect on the lesson
Topic: Depression
Language: Vocabulary related to depression
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