B1 ESL Video Lesson Plan: How a Vegan Diet Affects Your Brain

This ESL video lesson plan is designed around a short video titled How a Vegan Diet Affects Your Brain and the themes of veganism and how a vegan diet affects the brain. Students learn vocabulary related to nutrition, health and veganism, talk about veganism and how a vegan diet affects the brain, discuss quotations about veganism, 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, perform a roleplay and reflect on the lesson.

Language level: Intermediate (B1) – Upper Intermediate (B2)

Learner type: Teens and adults

Time: 90–120 minutes

Objectives:

• To introduce students to the concept of veganism and its dietary implications.
• To develop vocabulary related to nutrition, health and veganism.
• To enhance viewing comprehension skills.
• To encourage critical thinking about the benefits and challenges of a vegan diet.
• To promote speaking fluency through discussion and roleplay activities.
• To practise written expression by reflecting on dietary choices.

Topic: Veganism and how a vegan diet affects the brain

Language: Vocabulary related to nutrition, health and veganism

Watch the short video.

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