How to Cope with Uncertainty

This ESL video lesson plan is designed around a short video titled How to be at Peace with the Unknown and the theme of uncertainty and how it affects our behaviour. Students learn vocabulary related to emotions, control and mindfulness, talk about uncertainty, discuss quotations about uncertainty, 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 titled Eight Simple Techniques to Cope with the Unknown, answer comprehension questions, discuss topics raised in an article, write about what they have learned from reading an article, and reflect on the lesson.

Language level: Pre-intermediate (A2) – Intermediate (B1)

Learner type: Teens and adults

Topic: Uncertainty and how it affects our thoughts and behaviour

Objectives:

• To introduce students to the concept of uncertainty and how it affects our behaviour
• To expand students’ vocabulary related to emotions, control and mindfulness
• To develop students’ listening, viewing and reading comprehension skills
• To improve students’ speaking skills through discussion and roleplay using new vocabulary
• To develop students’ writing skills through critical and creative responses
• To improve students’ visual representing skills through multimodal composition homework tasks

Language: Vocabulary related to emotions, control and mindfulness

Time: 90–120 minutes

Watch the short video.