B2 ESL Video Lesson Plan: Studying with AI

Lesson Summary:
This Upper Intermediate (B2) to Advanced (C1) ESL lesson plan is built around the short video Is it OK to Use AI When Studying? and explores the theme of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its impact on education. The lesson engages students in discussing how AI is changing learning, expands their vocabulary related to AI and technology, and encourages reflection on responsible use of new tools. Learners watch and analyse a short video, read the article AI in the Language Classroom: Friend or Foe?, and participate in creative tasks that develop speaking, writing and critical thinking skills.

Learning Objectives:
• To introduce students to the theme of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its impact on education.
• To expand students’ vocabulary related to AI, learning and technology.
• To develop students’ viewing, listening and reading comprehension skills.
• To improve students’ speaking and use of new vocabulary through discussion and roleplay.
• To develop critical thinking skills through reflective tasks.
• To strengthen students’ writing skills through reflection and use of new vocabulary.
• To enhance students’ skills in visual representing through multimodal homework tasks.

Lesson Activities:
• Discussion and prediction tasks about AI and learning
• Viewing and comprehension activities
• Analysis of quotations about AI
• Roleplay on studying with AI
• Reading and discussion of AI in the Language Classroom: Friend or Foe?
• Creative reflection and multimodal homework

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

Language Focus:
Vocabulary related to AI, learning and technology

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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