B2 ESL Lesson Plan: Why We Have Children

Lesson Summary
This ESL lesson plan explores having children and the different reasons people become parents. Through a short video, discussion, comprehension work, roleplay and an article, students examine whether children bring happiness, meaning, personal growth or a transformed identity.

Learning Objectives

• Introduce the themes of having children and becoming a parent.
• Expand vocabulary related to parenthood, happiness, meaning and identity.
• Develop viewing, listening and reading comprehension.
• Improve speaking through discussion, critical reflection and roleplay.
• Develop writing skills through analytical and reflective tasks.
• Practise visual communication through multimodal composition.

Lesson Activities

• Quotation discussion
• Pre-viewing discussion and prediction
• Video viewing and comprehension
• Video analysis and critical thinking
• Reflective writing
• Decision-making roleplay
• Article reading and comprehension
• Post-reading discussion and writing
• Multimodal homework tasks
• Final lesson reflection

Learner Type
Mature teenagers and adults

Level
Upper Intermediate (B2)–Advanced (C1)

Time
90–120 minutes

Language Focus

• Parenthood, happiness, meaning and personal identity
• Expressing, justifying and challenging opinions
• Discussing personal choices and social expectations
• Vocabulary for critical analysis and reflection

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.