A2 ESL Video Lesson Plan: Global Leadership

Lesson Summary:
This Pre-intermediate to Intermediate ESL video lesson plan is built around a short video that explores global leadership. Learners develop key language skills through viewing, discussion and creative activities, including roleplay, critical thinking tasks and an extended reading on what makes a good global leader.

Learning Objectives:
• To introduce students to the concepts of leadership and global leadership
• To expand vocabulary related to global leadership and education
• To develop students’ viewing, listening and reading comprehension skills
• To develop students’ writing skills through creative tasks and use of new vocabulary
• To improve students’ speaking skills through discussion and roleplay using new vocabulary
• To improve students’ visual representing skills through multimodal composition homework tasks

Lesson Activities:
• Lead-in discussion on leadership
• Prediction tasks before viewing
• Video viewing with comprehension questions
• Analysis and discussion of key ideas
• Roleplay on global leadership themes
• Reading and responding to an article on global leadership
• Reflective writing and discussion

Learner Type:
Pre-intermediate (A2) to Intermediate (B1)
Mature teens and adults

Language Focus:
• Leadership vocabulary
• Global leadership vocabulary
• Education-related language

Benefits for Teachers:

• Save hours of preparation with a fully developed, flexible lesson plan
• Engage students through compelling stories and real-world themes such as emotional intelligence, character, values, empathy, personal development, identity, relationships, global issues and social issues
• Build classroom routines that integrate multimodal literacy naturally and progressively
• Foster more inclusive and differentiated learning by using varied modes of input
• Promote social-emotional learning (SEL)
• Rely on a trusted methodology backed by educational research and grounded in the theories of Vygotsky, Kress, Mayer and Krashen

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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This ESL video lesson plan is built around a thought-provoking short video and designed using the innovative Multimodal Approach, integrating listening, speaking, reading, writing, viewing, and representing. Engage learners with real-world themes, develop communicative competence, build vocabulary and foster critical thinking through dynamic, research-informed activities. Find out more about the Multimodal Approach and join thousands of teachers transforming their classrooms with Film English.