B1 ESL Video Lesson Plan: The Art of Slowing Down

Lesson Summary:
This Intermediate (B1) to Upper Intermediate (B2) ESL lesson plan  is built around a short video on appreciating small things and slowing down. Aimed at B1–B2 learners, it helps students develop key language skills through viewing, discussion and creative activities, while encouraging reflection on stillness, daily moments and the pace of life.

Learning Objectives:
• Introduce the themes of appreciating small things and slowing down
• Expand vocabulary related to reflection and daily moments
• Develop viewing, listening and reading comprehension
• Build writing skills through reflective and creative tasks
• Improve speaking skills through discussion and roleplay
• Strengthen visual representing skills through multimodal tasks

Lesson Activities:
• Vocabulary-building activities
• Discussion on appreciating small things and slowing down
• Work with quotations on slowing down
• Video prediction and viewing tasks
• Comprehension and analysis tasks
• Reflective writing task
• Roleplay activity
• Article reading: Finding Stillness in a Busy World
• Article comprehension and discussion
• Final reflection

Learner Type:
Intermediate (B1) – Upper Intermediate (B2); mature teens and adults

Language Focus:
• Reflection vocabulary
• Pacing life vocabulary
• Appreciating daily moments vocabulary

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

Watch the short video.

Remember that Individual Membership and Institutional Membership of Film English Club allow unlimited access to all 800+ Film English Club Video Lesson Plans, Extensive Viewing Guides and Film Study Worksheets.

We hope you enjoy this ESL video lesson plan.

Thanks for being part of the Film English community, and happy teaching!
— The Film English Team

Transform Your English Classroom with the Multimodal Approach
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.