How Being Bilingual Enhances Creativity

This engaging, ESL video lesson plan is built around a short video titled How Being Bilingual Enhances Creativity and explores the cognitive and cultural benefits of bilingualism. Suitable for Intermediate (B1) to Upper Intermediate (B2) learners, it includes vocabulary-building tasks, video-based analysis, critical discussion, reading comprehension, and creative writing.

Language level: Intermediate (B1) – Upper Intermediate (B2)

Learner type: Mature teens and adults

Time: 90–120 minutes

Objectives:

• To introduce students to the themes of bilingualism and its impact on creativity
• To expand vocabulary related to culture, language and perception
• To develop students’ viewing, listening and reading comprehension skills
• To improve students’ writing skills through creative and analytical tasks using new vocabulary
• To enhance students’ speaking skills through group discussions and roleplay
• To foster students’ visual representing skills through multimodal composition homework tasks

Topic: Bilingualism and its impact on creativity

Language: Vocabulary related to culture, language and perception

Watch the short video.