Master Your Anxiety

€4,99

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled Master Your Anxiety. Unleash Your Genius. and the themes of anxiety and self-doubt, and how to overcome them. Students learn vocabulary related to emotional awareness, creativity and self-perception, talk about , discuss quotations about habits, 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 The Gift of Fear: Why Anxiety Can Be an Ally, 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: Advanced (C1) – Proficient (C2)

Learner type: Mature teens and adults

Topic: Anxiety and self-doubt and how to overcome them

Objectives:

To introduce students to the themes of anxiety and self-doubt, and how to overcome them.
To expand advanced vocabulary related to emotional awareness, creativity and self-perception.
To develop students’ listening, viewing and reading comprehension skills.
To improve students’ writing skills through creative composition using new vocabulary.
To enhance students’ speaking skills through discussion and extended roleplay activities.
To develop multimodal literacy through multimodal homework tasks.
To foster critical thinking through reflection tasks.

Language: Vocabulary related to emotional awareness, creativity and self-perception

Time: 90–120 minutes

Watch the short video.

Lesson Summary:

This complete ESL video lesson plan for Advanced (C1) to Proficient (C2) learners explores the themes of anxiety and self-doubt, and how to overcome them. Students expand advanced vocabulary related to emotional awareness, creativity and self-perception through engaging viewing, discussion and creative activities. The lesson includes comprehension tasks, a roleplay, a follow-up reading The Gift of Fear: Why Anxiety Can Be an Ally, and multimodal homework projects.

Learning Objectives:

To introduce students to the themes of anxiety and self-doubt, and how to overcome them
To expand advanced vocabulary related to emotional awareness and creativity
To develop listening, viewing and reading comprehension skills
To improve writing skills through reflection and creative composition
To enhance speaking skills through extended discussion and roleplay
To foster multimodal literacy and critical thinking

Lesson Activities:

Predict and discuss themes of anxiety and self-doubt
Watch and analyse a short video on overcoming fear
Explore quotations about anxiety and creativity
Answer comprehension and critical thinking questions
Perform a detailed roleplay exploring self-perception
Read and analyse the article The Gift of Fear: Why Anxiety Can Be an Ally
Reflect and write about personal experiences and insights

Learner Type:

Advanced (C1) – Proficient (C2) mature teens and adults

Language Focus:

Emotional awareness
Self-perception and creativity
Vocabulary related to confidence, motivation and reflection

Transform Your English Classroom with This Film English Multimodal Lesson

This ESL video 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 – the active process of analysing and interpreting multimodal texts – and representing – creating multimodal texts. 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 ESL video lesson plan 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 ESL video 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 ESL video 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.