How to Clearly Communicate an Idea
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This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled How to Communicate Clearly and the theme of effective communication in public speaking. Students learn vocabulary related to effective communication, and planning and delivering a message, discuss quotations about effective communication, talk about effective communication and planning and delivering a message, 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 Talk as a Journey: Structuring Ideas So an Audience Can Follow, 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: Intermediate (B1) – Upper Intermediate (B2)
Learner type: Mature teens and adults
Topic: Effective communication in public speaking
Objectives:
- To introduce students to the concept of effective communication in public speaking.
- To introduce students to the concept of communicating a clear main idea through a ‘throughline’.
- To expand students’ vocabulary connected to effective communication, and planning and delivering a message.
- To develop students’ viewing, listening and reading comprehension skills.
- To improve students’ speaking skills through discussion and an roleplay using new vocabulary.
- To improve students’ visual representing skills through multimodal homework tasks that reuse lesson vocabulary.
Language: Vocabulary connected to effective communication, and planning and delivering a meaningful message
Time: 90–120 minutes
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Lesson Summary:
This ESL video lesson plan is built around a short video titled How to Communicate Clearly and explores effective communication in public speaking. Designed for B1–B2 learners, it helps students understand how to plan and deliver a clear message through discussion, viewing, reading, roleplay, and reflective tasks. The lesson develops key communication skills while encouraging learners to structure ideas clearly and confidently for an audience.
Learning Objectives:
• Develop understanding of effective communication in public speaking
• Learn how to communicate a clear main idea through a throughline
• Expand vocabulary related to planning and delivering messages
• Improve viewing, listening, and reading comprehension skills
• Build confidence in speaking through discussion and roleplay
• Develop visual representing skills through multimodal tasks
Lesson Activities:
• Discussion of effective communication and quotations
• Prediction and viewing of a short video
• Video comprehension and analysis tasks
• Guided vocabulary work
• Extended roleplay on planning and delivering a message
• Reading and analysing an article on structuring talks
• Written reflection and critical thinking tasks
Learner Type:
Intermediate (B1) – Upper Intermediate (B2)
Mature teens and adults
Language Focus:
• Public speaking vocabulary
• Planning and structuring ideas
• Delivering a clear and meaningful message
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- A thought-provoking short video
- A detailed teacher’s guide with step-by-step instructions
- A pre-viewing vocabulary glossary to scaffold understanding
- Comprehension, discussion and critical thinking questions
- Creative post-viewing tasks such as roleplays, writing prompts and reflective activities
- A thematically linked reading text to reinforce language and deepen understanding
- A final task encouraging learners to create their own multimodal compositions (e.g. vlogs, posters, infographics or social media posts)
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- Promote social-emotional learning (SEL)
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Benefits for Learners:
- Develop communicative competence and confidence through integrated skill-building
- Expand vocabulary and improve listening and reading comprehension through repeated, meaningful exposure
- Think critically and creatively while exploring powerful social and emotional themes
- Create authentic, personalised multimodal projects that reflect their own voice and ideas
- Strengthen emotional intelligence and intercultural awareness through affective engagement with multimodal texts
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