B1 ESL Video Lesson Plan: What is Emotional Intelligence?
This B1-level ESL video lesson plan is built around a thought-provoking video that explores the theme of what is emotional intelligence?. 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 Daniel Goleman Introduces Emotional Intelligence and the theme of emotional intelligence. Students learn vocabulary related to emotional intelligence, talk about emotional intelligence, predict the content of a short video, watch a short video, complete viewing notes, analyse a short video, write about what they have learned from viewing a short video, perform a roleplay 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 emotional intelligence, talking about emotional intelligence, predicting the content of a short video, watch a short video, completing viewing notes, analysing a short video, writing about what they have learned from viewing a short video, performing a roleplay and reflecting on the lesson
Topic: Emotional intelligence
Language: Vocabulary related to emotional intelligence
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