Enhancing Well-being Through Physical Activity

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled Increasing Physical Activity: Working Towards Wellbeing and the theme of the relationship between physical activity and mental well-being. Students learn vocabulary related to physical and mental health, talk about physical activity and mental well-being, discuss quotations about physical activity and mental well-being, 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, read an article, answer comprehension questions, discuss topics raised in an article, write about what they have learned from reading an article, perform a roleplay, and reflect on the lesson.

Language level: Intermediate (B1) – Upper Intermediate (B2)

Learner type: Teens and adults

Time: 90–120 minutes

Objectives:

• To introduce students to the relationship between physical activity and mental well-being
• To expand students’ vocabulary related to physical and mental health
• To develop students’ viewing, listening and reading comprehension skills
• To improve students’ speaking skills through structured discussions and roleplay
• To enhance students’ writing skills through creative and reflective writing tasks
• To encourage critical thinking on health habits and psychological self-care

Topic: The relationship between physical activity and mental well-being

Language: Vocabulary related to physical and mental health

Watch the short video.