C1 ESL Video Lesson Plan: Micro Habits

Lesson Summary:
This Upper Intermediate (B2)–Advanced (C1) ESL lesson plan is built around a thought-provoking video titled Micro Habits That Improved My Life and explores how small daily actions can lead to lasting personal change. Through viewing and discussion, students analyse ideas about habits and mindset, perform a roleplay and read the article Why Tiny Habits Lead to Big Results while developing vocabulary related to habits, mindset and personal development.

Learning Objectives:
• To introduce students to the concept of habits and micro habits.
• To expand students’ vocabulary related to habits, mindset and personal development.
• 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 roleplay and discussions and use of new vocabulary.
• To practise critical thinking through discussion and reflection.
• To improve students’ visual representing skills through multimodal composition homework tasks.

Lesson Activities:
• Discuss quotations about habits and reflect on personal routines.
• Predict the ideas presented in a short video about micro habits.
• Watch a video and answer comprehension questions.
• Analyse the video and discuss its message about behaviour change.
• Perform a roleplay about adopting micro habits.
• Read the article Why Tiny Habits Lead to Big Results.
• Answer comprehension questions and discuss the article.
• Write a reflective response about habits and personal growth.

Learner Type:
Upper Intermediate (B2) – Advanced (C1) mature teens and adults.

Language Focus:
• Vocabulary related to habits and routines.
• Vocabulary related to mindset and behavioural change.
• Vocabulary related to personal development.

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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