C1 ESL Video Lesson Plan: What are Universities for?
This C1-level ESL video lesson plan is built around a thought-provoking video that explores the theme of what are universities for?. 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 What are Universities for? and the themes of universities and the purpose of university. Students learn vocabulary related to universities, talk about universities and the purpose of university, 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 viewing a short video and reflect on the lesson.
Language level: Upper Intermediate (B2) – Advanced (C1)
Learner type: Teens and adults
Time: 90 minutes
Activity: Learning vocabulary related to universities, talking about universities and the purpose of university, 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 viewing a short video and reflecting on the lesson
Topic: Universities and the purpose of university
Language: Vocabulary related to universities
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