How To Get Out of a Rut

€4,99

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled How to quickly get out of a rut and the themes of the concept of ruts and how to overcome them, and motivation and self-improvement. Students learn vocabulary related to motivation and self-improvement, talk about of ruts and how to overcome them, motivation and self-improvement, discuss quotations about motivation and self-improvement, watch a short video, answer comprehension questions, analyse a short video, develop critical thinking skills by exploring issues raised in a short video, read an article, answer comprehension questions, perform a roleplay and reflect on the lesson.

Language level: Upper Intermediate (B2) – Advanced (C1)

Learner type: Teens and adults

Time: 90–120 minutes

Objectives:

To introduce the concept of ruts and how to overcome them
To develop students’ viewing, listening and reading comprehension skills
To expand vocabulary related to motivation and self-improvement
To encourage critical thinking and discussion on motivation and self-improvement
To provide opportunities for roleplay and real-life application of concepts

Topic: the concept of ruts and how to overcome them, and motivation and self-improvement

Language: Vocabulary related to motivation and self-improvement

Watch the short video.

This ESL video lesson plan titled ‘How To Get Out of a Rut’ 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.

Transform Your English Classroom with This Film English Multimodal Lesson

This ESL lesson plan is built around a carefully selected short video and designed using the exclusive Multimodal Approach—an innovative methodology that integrates traditional language skills (listening, speaking, reading and writing) with viewing and representing. This pedagogically rich approach mirrors how communication works in the real world—through a combination of language, image, sound, gesture and spatial design—making the lesson more engaging, relevant and effective.

This lesson plan consists of a complete, ready-to-use package that includes:

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)

Benefits for Teachers:

Save hours of preparation with a fully developed, flexible lesson plan
Engage students through compelling stories and real-world themes such as emotional intelligence, character, values, empathy, personal development, identity, relationships, global issues and social issues
Build classroom routines that integrate multimodal literacy naturally and progressively
Foster more inclusive and differentiated learning by using varied modes of input
Rely on a trusted methodology backed by educational research and grounded in the theories of Vygotsky, Kress, Mayer and Krashen

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

Whether you’re teaching in a secondary school, university or adult education context, Film English lesson plans offer a dynamic, research-informed pathway to meaningful language learning. Join thousands of teachers worldwide who are transforming their classrooms with the Multimodal Approach and helping their students learn English—and live through English—more fully.

Watch the short video.