B1 ESL Video Lesson Plan: Understanding ADHD

Lesson Summary:
This ESL video lesson plan is designed around the short video What is ADHD? and explores the theme of ADHD and understanding it. Suitable for Intermediate (B1) to Upper Intermediate (B2) mature teens and adults, the lesson encourages students to think about attention, energy, emotions, movement, friendship and learning differences. Through viewing and discussion, students develop comprehension skills, build topic-based vocabulary, analyse the video, read an article titled The Speedy Brain: How ADHD Affects Learning, Friendship and Emotions, take part in a roleplay and complete reflective speaking and writing tasks.

Learning Objectives:
• To introduce students to the concept of ADHD.
• To expand vocabulary related to attention, energy, emotions and learning differences.
• To develop students’ viewing, listening and reading comprehension skills.
• To develop students’ writing skills through creative tasks and use of new vocabulary.
• To improve students’ speaking skills through roleplay and discussions and use of new vocabulary.
• To improve students’ visual representing skills through multimodal composition homework tasks.

Lesson Activities:
• Discuss students’ ideas about ADHD.
• Explore the theme of understanding ADHD.
• Watch and analyse a short video.
• Answer comprehension questions on the video.
• Read and discuss an article about the speedy brain.
• Practise new vocabulary through speaking and writing.
• Perform a roleplay about empathy and classroom support.
• Complete creative multimodal homework tasks.

Learner Type:
Intermediate (B1) to Upper Intermediate (B2) mature teens and adults.

Language Focus:
• Vocabulary related to attention, concentration and memory.
• Vocabulary related to movement, energy and behaviour.
• Vocabulary related to emotions, empathy and inclusion.
• Vocabulary for discussing learning differences and support.

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
• Promote social-emotional learning (SEL)
• 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.