B2 ESL Video Lesson Plan: How to Make Better Decisions

📝 Lesson Summary
This B2-level ESL video lesson plan is built around a thought-provoking video that explores the theme of how to make better decisions. 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.

The ESL video lesson plan is designed around a short video titled How to make better decisions | 3 quick tips and the theme of decision-making and how to improve it. Students learn vocabulary related to psychology, thinking and life choices, discuss quotations about decision-making, talk about decision-making, 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, develop critical thinking skills by exploring issues raised in a short video, perform a roleplay, read an article, answer comprehension questions, discuss topics raised in an article, write about what they have learned from reading an article, and reflect on the lesson.

🧠 Learning Objectives
Students will:

• Explore the concept of decision-making and how to improve it

• Expand their vocabulary related to psychology, thinking, and life choices

• Develop viewing, listening, and reading comprehension skills

• Improve writing skills through creative and reflective tasks using new vocabulary

• Practise speaking skills through discussions and a roleplay activity

• Engage in critical thinking and personal reflection

• Foster multimodal learning through a visually creative homework task

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🎬 Lesson Activities
Throughout this 90–120 minute lesson, students will:

• Discuss quotations about decision-making

• Predict the content of a short video based on its title

• Watch the video and complete comprehension and analysis tasks

• Write about what they’ve learned from the video

• Perform a roleplay related to the topic

• Read an article exploring strategies for making better decisions

• Answer comprehension questions based on the article

• Discuss key issues raised in the article

• Reflect on the lesson and express their own views in writing

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👥 Learner Type
Suitable for teens and adults at B2–C1 level

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📚 Language Focus
Vocabulary related to:

• Psychology

• Thinking

• Life choices

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