C1 ESL Video Lesson Plan: How to Think about Goals

Lesson Summary:
This Advanced (C1) to Proficient (C2) ESL video lesson plan is built around a thought-provoking short video titled I WAS WRONG – How I Set Goals. The lesson explores different ways of thinking about goals and how goals and systems work together to shape purpose and success. Learners develop key language skills through viewing, discussion and creative activities including quotation analysis, critical thinking tasks, roleplay and an in-depth article reading.

Learning Objectives:
• To introduce students to different ways of thinking about goals.
• To explore how goals and systems work together.
• To expand vocabulary related to goals, systems and purpose.
• To develop students’ viewing, listening and reading comprehension skills.
• To improve speaking skills through discussion and roleplay using new vocabulary.
• To develop students’ writing skills through creative tasks and use of new vocabulary.
• To improve students’ visual representing skills though multimodal composition homework tasks.

Lesson Activities:
• Activating prior knowledge about goals and systems.
• Discussing quotations related to goal-setting.
• Predicting and viewing a short video.
• Completing comprehension and analysis tasks.
• Reading and discussing an extended article.
• Writing reflective responses.
• Performing a structured roleplay.

Learner Type:
Advanced (C1) to Proficient (C2) mature teens and adults.

Language Focus:
• Vocabulary related to goals.
• Vocabulary related to systems and habits.
• Vocabulary related to purpose and success.

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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