B1 ESL Video Lesson Plan: One-Week Job

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short film called When I Grow Up and a trailer for a documentary called One Week Job, and the themes of jobs and choosing a career. Students learn vocabulary related to jobs and choosing a career, talk about jobs and choosing a career, watch a short film, answer comprehension questions, watch a trailer, answer comprehension questions, analyse a trailer, watch a short video, answer comprehension questions, read a video transcript and reflect on the lesson.

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

Learner type: Teens and adults

Time: 90–120 minutes

Activity: Learning vocabulary related to jobs and choosing a career, talking about jobs and choosing a career, watching a short film, answering comprehension questions, watching a trailer, answering comprehension questions, analysing a trailer, watching a short video, answering comprehension questions, reading a video transcript and reflecting on the lesson

Topic: Jobs and choosing a career

Language: Vocabulary related to jobs and choosing a career

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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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