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Help adult learners explore relationships and the impact of phones on human connection with this engaging B2–C1 ESL video lesson plan. Built around the short video What Is Your Phone Doing to Your Relationships?, the lesson examines attention, intimacy and digital communication. A follow-up article, Eight Ways to Protect Relationships in a Digital World, encourages students to consider practical ways to nurture meaningful connections.

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled Nine-Year-Old Piano Prodigy and the theme of prodigies. Students learn vocabulary related to prodigies, talk about prodigies, predict the content of a short video, watch a short video, answer comprehension questions, analyse a short video, perform a roleplay and reflect on the lesson.

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video about racism. In the lesson students watch the video, identify eight differences between the treatment of black versus white people, read a pledge, write their own pledge, and discuss racism and discrimination.

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video and the themes of resilience and raising resilient children. Students learn vocabulary related to resilience, talk about resilience and raising resilient children, predict the content of a short video, watch a short video, answer comprehension questions, analyse a short video, perform a roleplay and reflect on the lesson.

This complete C1–C2 ESL video lesson plan explores focus, digital distraction and regaining attention in the attention economy. Built around a thought-provoking video featuring David Epstein, the lesson helps advanced learners examine how multitasking, notifications, task-switching and modern work habits affect concentration, productivity and creativity.