A2 ESL Video Lesson Plan: Finding Empathy
This A2-level ESL video lesson plan is built around a thought-provoking video that explores the theme of finding empathy. 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 video titled Finding Empathy for Yourself and Others and the themes of empathy and how to develop it. Students learn vocabulary related to emotions and mindfulness, talk about empathy and how to develop it, discuss quotations about empathy, 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, develop critical thinking skills by exploring issues raised in a short video, read an article, answer comprehension questions, discuss topics raised in an article, perform a roleplay, and reflect on the lesson.
Language level: Pre-intermediate (A2) – Intermediate (B1)
Learner type: Teens and adults
Time: 90 minutes
Objectives:
- To introduce students to the concept of empathy
- To develop students’ viewing, listening and reading comprehension skills
- To develop students’ written expression through creative tasks
- To develop students’ speaking skills through roleplay and discussions
- To encourage discussion about empathy in everyday life
- To expand students’ vocabulary related to emotions and mindfulness
- To practise critical thinking through discussion and reflection
Topic: Empathy and how to develop it
Language: Vocabulary related to emotions and mindfulness
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