C1 ESL Video Lesson Plan: Reverse Ageing

Lesson Summary:
This Advanced (C1)–Proficient (C2) ESL lesson plan is built around a thought-provoking short video titled Why I Spend $2 Million A Year To Look 18 Years Old Again and the themes of ageing and reverse ageing. The lesson helps learners expand vocabulary related to health, longevity and wellbeing, engage with powerful quotations about ageing, watch and analyse a short video, answer comprehension questions, explore ethical and scientific issues raised in the video, perform a roleplay, and read and discuss an article titled The Science of Longevity: Can We Really Slow Down Ageing? Students then complete reflective and creative writing tasks to consolidate their learning and practise using the new vocabulary.

Learning Objectives:
• To introduce students to the concepts of ageing and reverse ageing
• To expand vocabulary related to ageing, health and longevity
• To develop students’ viewing, listening and reading comprehension skills
• To improve students’ speaking skills through structured discussion and roleplay
• To develop students’ writing skills through critical and creative tasks
• To strengthen visual representing skills through multimodal composition homework tasks

Lesson Activities:
• Vocabulary development exercises on ageing and health
• Pre-viewing discussion and prediction
• Viewing and comprehension of a short video
• Analysis and discussion of quotations about ageing
• Roleplay activity exploring health innovation
• Reading and discussion of an article on longevity science
• Critical thinking and creative writing follow-up tasks

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

Language Focus:
• Vocabulary related to ageing, health and longevity
• Ethical and scientific discussion language
• Useful expressions for debates and roleplay

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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