B1 ESL Video Lesson Plan: Why You Think Your Life is Boring

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled Why your life is so boring and the theme of why people think their lives are boring. Students talk about why people think their lives are boring, predict the content of a short video, watch a short video, make viewing notes, analyse a short video, discuss quotations from 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: Talking about why people think their lives are boring, predicting the content of a short video, watching a short video, making viewing notes, analysing a short video, discussing quotations from a short video, performing a roleplay and reflecting on the lesson

Topic: Why people think their lives are boring

Watch the short video.

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