B2 ESL Video Lesson Plan: The Secret to a Calm Life
This B2-level ESL video lesson plan is built around a thought-provoking video that explores the theme of the secret to a calm life. It is designed to help learners develop key language skills—listening, viewing, speaking, reading, writing and visually representing—through guided discussion, roleplay, vocabulary building, and engaging classroom activities.
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This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled The Secret to a Calm Life and the theme of a life of calm. Students learn vocabulary related to a life of calm, talk about the kind of life they would like to live, talk about a life of calm, predict the content of a short video, watch a short video, answer comprehension questions, analyse a short video, write about what they have learned from a short video and reflect on the lesson.
Language level: Intermediate (B1) – Upper Intermediate (B2)
Learner type: Teens and adults
Time: 90 minutes
Activity: Learning vocabulary related to a life of calm, talking about the kind of life they would like to live, talking about a life of calm, predicting the content of a short video, watching a short video, answering comprehension questions, analysing a short video, writing about what they have learned from a short video and reflecting on the lesson
Topic: A life of calm
Language: Vocabulary related to a life of calm
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