B2 ESL Video Lesson Plan: Reclaim Your Attention

Lesson Summary:
This Upper Intermediate to Advanced ESL video lesson plan is built around a thought-provoking video titled How to Fix Your Attention Span (Before It’s Too Late) and an article exploring why attention is becoming a modern superpower. The lesson examines attention fragmentation and its causes, encouraging learners to reflect on their own habits while developing language skills through viewing, discussion and creative activities.

Learning Objectives:
• To understand why attention is important in contemporary life
• To explore the concept of attention fragmentation and its causes
• To expand vocabulary related to attention, focus and productivity
• To strengthen viewing, listening and reading comprehension
• To develop writing skills through reflection and synthesis
• To improve speaking skills through discussion and roleplay
• To develop visual representing skills through multimodal tasks
• To practise critical thinking through analysis and reflection

Lesson Activities:
• Discuss quotations about attention
• Predict video content
• Watch a video and complete comprehension tasks
• Analyse key ideas from the video
• Write about insights gained from viewing
• Read an article on attention as a superpower
• Answer comprehension questions and discuss themes
• Take part in a roleplay on attention fragmentation
• Reflect on learning and personal attention habits

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

Language Focus:
• Vocabulary related to attention
• Focus and distraction
• Productivity and cognitive habits

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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