C1 ESL Video Lesson Plan: Reimagine Productivity

Lesson Summary:
This ESL video lesson plan is designed around a short video titled The Productivity Myth: Why you’ll never ‘get on top of everything’ and the themes of productivity and reimagined productivity. It helps Advanced (C1) to Proficient (C2) learners develop key language skills through viewing and discussion, vocabulary building, roleplay, reading a follow-up article and engaging in creative activities.

Learning Objectives:
• To introduce students to the themes of productivity and reimagined productivity
• To expand vocabulary related to productivity, well-being and work habits
• To develop viewing, listening and reading comprehension
• To strengthen writing through reflective and creative tasks
• To enhance speaking through structured discussion and roleplay
• To support visual representing skills in multimodal homework
• To develop critical thinking through reflection and discussion

Lesson Activities:
• Vocabulary exploration
• Guided discussion tasks
• Pre-viewing predictions
• Video viewing and comprehension
• Analysis of video ideas
• Structured speaking practice
• Creative and reflective writing
• Article reading and discussion
• Whole-class reflection tasks

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

Language Focus:
• Vocabulary related to productivity
• Language connected to well-being and work habits
• Lexical development at C1–C2 level

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
• 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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This ESL video lesson plan is built around a thought-provoking short video and designed using the innovative Multimodal Approach, integrating listening, speaking, reading, writing, viewing, and representing. Engage learners with real-world themes, develop communicative competence, build vocabulary and foster critical thinking through dynamic, research-informed activities. Find out more about the Multimodal Approach and join thousands of teachers transforming their classrooms with Film English.