B2 ESL Video Lesson Plan: How To Overcome Negative Thoughts

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled Overcoming Negative Thought Patterns to Find Joy and the themes of joy and overcoming negative thought patterns. Students learn vocabulary related to joy and overcoming negative thought patterns, talk about joy and overcoming negative thought patterns, discuss quotations about joy, predict the content of a short video, watch a short video, answer comprehension questions, analyse a short video, develop critical thinking skills by exploring issues raised in a short video, write about what they have learned from viewing a short video, perform a roleplay, and reflect on the lesson.

Language level: Upper Intermediate (B2) – Advanced (C1)

Learner type: Teens and adults

Time: 90 minutes

Objectives:

• To understand and discuss the concept of joy and how negative thought patterns can affect joy.
• To build skills in expressing and supporting opinions on abstract concepts such as joy and fulfilment.
• To expand vocabulary related to emotional states.
• To analyse and reflect on a video that challenges common beliefs about joy and suffering.
• To practice viewing comprehension skills by answering questions based on the video.
• To develop critical thinking skills by questioning assumptions about the nature of joy.

Topic: Joy and overcoming negative thought patterns

Language: Vocabulary related to joy and overcoming negative thought patterns

Watch the short video.

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