Sustainable Clothing

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This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short film titled Break the Pattern and the themes of fashion and sustainable clothing. Students learn vocabulary related to fashion and sustainable clothing, talk about fashion and sustainable clothing, watch the first part of a short film and predict the second part of the film, answer comprehension questions, read and talk about a sustainable clothing campaign, analyse a short film, and reflect on the lesson.

 

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

Learner type: Teens and adults

Time: 90 minutes

Activity: Learning vocabulary related to fashion and sustainable clothing, talking about fashion and sustainable clothing, watching the first part of a short film and predicting the second part of the film, answering comprehension questions, reading and talking about a sustainable clothing campaign, analysing a short film, and reflecting on the lesson

Topic: Fashion and sustainable clothing

Language: Vocabulary related to fashion and sustainable clothing

 

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This ESL video lesson plan titled ‘Sustainable Clothing’ 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.

 

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