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Modern, engaging and inspiring ESL Video Lesson Plans for English language teachers which support students in building all key language skills—viewing, listening, speaking, reading, writing and visually representing.

  • 97% Love Match

    A2 Pre-intermediate | Relationships

    This ESL lesson is designed around a short film titled 97% Love Match and the themes of apps and dating. Students talk about the apps they commonly use, do a dictation, watch a short film and retell a story.

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  • Are You Living an Insta Lie?

    B1 Intermediate | Technology

    This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short film titled Are You Living an Insta Lie? and the theme of social media. Students learn vocabulary related to social media, talk about Instagram, predict the content of a short film, watch a short film, answer comprehension questions, analyse a short film, perform a roleplay and reflect on the lesson.

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  • Blinky the Robot

    B1 Intermediate | Technology

    This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short film titled Blinky and the themes of robots and technology. Students learn vocabulary related to robots and technology, talk about robots, predict the content of a short film, watch a short film, answer comprehension questions, analyse a short film, and reflect on the lesson.

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  • Digital Privacy

    B2 Upper Intermediate | Technology

    This ESL video lesson plan explores digital privacy in everyday online life through a short, thought-provoking video and a follow-up article. Designed for Upper Intermediate to Advanced learners, it helps students understand how personal information is shared online, develop critical awareness of surveillance and practise key language skills through discussion, roleplay, reading and writing tasks.

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  • Dotty

    B1 Intermediate | Social Issues

    This ESL lesson is designed around a moving short film titled Dotty by Brett and Mick, and the themes of texting and elderly people. Students learn vocabulary related to mobile phones, talk about texting, watch a short film, predict how a short film will end, answer comprehension questions, discuss a short film and reflect on the lesson.

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  • How AI Can Improve Your Life

    B1 Intermediate | Technology

    This engaging ESL video lesson plan helps B1–B2 learners explore how artificial intelligence is transforming everyday life. Built around a thought-provoking video and a follow-up article, the lesson provides a complete, ready-to-use package that develops key language skills while encouraging critical thinking. Students expand their vocabulary related to AI and digital technology, practise speaking through discussion and roleplay, and build confidence in expressing ideas about modern technologica…

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  • How Social Media Affects Our Emotions

    B1 Intermediate | Emotional Intelligence

    This ESL video lesson plan is built around the short video Is Social Media Messing with Our Emotions? and explores social media, its role in modern life and how it affects emotions. Designed for Intermediate to Upper Intermediate learners, it provides a complete, ready-to-use package with viewing tasks, discussion, roleplay, critical thinking activities and an extended reading text. Learners develop vocabulary related to emotions, technology and online behaviour while reflecting on the emotional…

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  • How to Manage Your Digital Footprint

    B1 Intermediate | Technology

    This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled Live My Digital for Students: Digital Footprint and the theme of digital footprints. Students learn vocabulary related to digital footprints, talk about digital footprints, watch a short video, answer comprehension questions, analyse a short video, perform a roleplay, write about what they have learned from viewing a short video and reflect on the lesson.

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  • I forgot my phone

    B1 Intermediate | Relationships

    This ESL lesson plan is designed around a beautiful short film by titled I lost my phone and the theme of mobile phones. Students listen to a film and speculate about what is happening, watch the film to check their answers and talk about mobile phone use.

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  • iDiots

    B1 Intermediate | Technology

    This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short film called iDiots and the themes of technology, mass consumption and instant gratification. Students speak about mobile phones and technology, watch a short film and do a dictation.

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  • Is Social Media Killing Real Friendship?

    B2 Upper Intermediate | Emotional Intelligence

    This ESL video lesson plan is designed around a short video titled We’re Lonelier than Ever — And There’s One Big Reason and the theme of real-life versus digital friendship. Students learn vocabulary related to character, human connection and social media, discuss quotations about friendship, talk about friendship, 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, devel…

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  • Look up

    B2 Upper Intermediate | Technology

    This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short film and poem by Gary Turk and the theme of isolation caused by the use of new technology. Students discuss digital technology, predict the content of a short poem and short film, watch a short film with no sound and speculate about the story it tells, watch a short film and listen to a poem, read a poem, analyse a poem and short film, and reflect on the lesson.

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