
B1 ESL Video Lesson Plan: How to Be More Productive
This B1-level ESL video lesson plan is built around a thought-provoking video that explores the theme of how to be more productive. 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.
Check out the lesson planThis ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled How to feel more in control of your time | Productivity tips and hacks and the themes of productivity and language learning productivity. Students learn vocabulary related to productivity, talk about productivity and language learning productivity, discuss previewing questions, watch a short video, answer comprehension questions, analyse a short video, develop critical thinking skills by exploring real-world issues, write about what they have learned from viewing a short video, read an article about language learning productivity, answer comprehension questions, 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 productivity, talking about productivity and language learning productivity, discussing previewing questions, watching a short video, answering comprehension questions, analysing a short video, developing critical thinking skills by exploring real-world issues, writing about what they have learned from viewing a short video, reading an article about language learning productivity, answering comprehension questions, and reflecting on the lesson
Topic: Productivity and language learning productivity
Language: Vocabulary related to productivity
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