C1 Advanced

This Advanced (C1–C2) ESL lesson plan is built around a thought-provoking video titled How I Find Happiness that explores the theme of finding happiness through awareness and environment. It is designed to help learners develop key language skills through viewing, discussion and creative activities, alongside an in-depth reading on wonder and adult happiness that encourages reflection and critical thinking.

Explore deep happiness and how to develop it with this video-based ESL lesson plan for Advanced (C1) to Proficient (C2) learners. Through the short video How to Grow Deeply Happy and the article Why Goodness Makes Us Happier, students examine pleasure, purpose, moderation and the relationship between goodness and lasting fulfilment.

This ESL lesson plan is based on the short video 3 Doctors Explain How to Reframe Your Trauma, Anxiety and Internal Dialogue. It encourages students to explore the relationships between emotional experiences, thinking patterns and psychological well-being, and consider how supportive relationships can help people affected by trauma.

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled Overthinking the hell out of overthinking and the themes of overthinking, its effects on mental health and how to overcome it. Students learn vocabulary related to psychology and emotions, discuss quotations about overthinking, talk about overthinking, its effects on mental health and how to overcome it, predict the content of a short video, watch a short video, answer comprehension questions, analyse a short video, write about what th…

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled Keep Your Brain from Declining after Age 30 and the themes of the connection between body and brain and supporting brain health as we age. Aimed at Advanced (C1) to Proficient (C2) learners, the lesson combines vocabulary development, video analysis, discussion, roleplay and reading to explore cognition, memory, exercise and ageing.

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.