B2 Upper Intermediate

This complete B2–C1 ESL video lesson plan explores different ways of defining professional success and the dangers of allowing a career to become the basis of personal identity. Built around a thought-provoking video featuring Arthur C. Brooks, the lesson encourages adult learners to examine the relationship between achievement, professional status, self-esteem and fear of failure.

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled Where do ideas come from? by Andrew Norton and the themes of ideas, inspiration and creativity. Students learn vocabulary related to ideas, inspiration and creativity, talk about ideas, inspiration and creativity, watch a short video, answer comprehension questions, discuss a short video and reflect on the lesson.

This complete ESL video lesson plan is designed for Upper Intermediate (B2) to Advanced (C1) learners and explores the importance of morning sunlight for health, mood, sleep and wellbeing. Built around the short video Why Is Morning Light So Important?, the lesson helps students develop viewing, listening, speaking, reading, writing and visual representing skills through discussion, vocabulary work, comprehension tasks, roleplay, an article and multimodal homework.

This Upper Intermediate (B2) to Advanced (C1) ESL lesson plan is designed around the short video Why Some People Are Always Late and the themes of punctuality and habitual lateness.

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled Why You Are Not a Loser and the theme of ‘winners’ and ‘losers’. Students talk about ‘winners’ and ‘losers’, predict the content of a short video, watch a short video, answer comprehension questions, analyse a short video and reflect on the lesson.

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled Wisdom and the themes of personal qualities and wisdom. Students learn vocabulary related to personal qualities and wisdom, talk about personal qualities and wisdom, read and discuss quotations about wisdom, watch a short video, answer comprehension questions, read a video transcript, discuss a video and reflect on the lesson.