
A2 ESL Video Lesson Plan: Prodigy
This A2-level ESL video lesson plan is built around a thought-provoking video that explores the theme of prodigies. 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 Nine-Year-Old Piano Prodigy and the theme of prodigies. Students learn vocabulary related to prodigies, talk about prodigies, predict the content of a short video, watch a short video, answer comprehension questions, analyse a short video, perform a roleplay and reflect on the lesson.
Language level: Pre-intermediate (A2) – Intermediate (B1)
Learner type: Teens and adults
Time: 90 minutes
Activity: Learning vocabulary related to prodigies, talking about prodigies, predicting the content of a short video, watching a short video, answering comprehension questions, analysing a short video, performing a roleplay and reflecting on the lesson
Topic: Prodigies
Language: Vocabulary related to prodigies
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