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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.
Fake It Till You Make It
B1 Intermediate | CharacterThis ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled Fake It Till You Make It and the concept of “fake it till you make it” and how it applies in real life. Students learn vocabulary related to self-confidence, perseverance and personal growth, discuss quotations about self-confidence, talk about self-confidence, perseverance and personal growth, predict the content of a short video, watch a short video, answer comprehension questions, analyse a short video, write about what they have le…
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B1 Intermediate | CharacterThis ESL lesson plan is designed around a short film titled Fear of Flying and the theme of fears. Students write sentences, dictate sentences, speak, and watch a short film.
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B1 Intermediate | CharacterThis ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled Five things you think will make you happy... but won't and the themes of happiness and myths about happiness. Students learn vocabulary related to happiness, talk about happiness and myths about happiness, predict the content of a short video, watch a short video, complete viewing notes, analyse a short video, perform a roleplay and reflect on the lesson.
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B1 Intermediate | CharacterThis ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled How some friendships last — and others don’t and the themes of friendship and how to build healthy habits for making and maintaining strong friendships. Students learn vocabulary related to friendship and habits for making and maintaining strong friendships, talk about friendship and how to build healthy habits for making and maintaining strong friendships, discuss quotations about friendship, predict the content of a short video, watc…
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B1 Intermediate | CharacterThis ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video and the theme of heroes. Students learn abstract nouns to describe qualities, talk about well-known heroes, watch a short video, answer comprehension questions, analyse a short video, talk about unsung heroes and reflect on the lesson.
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B1 Intermediate | CharacterThis ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled Highly sensitive people are the best employees! and the themes of sensitivity and highly sensitive people. Students learn vocabulary related to sensitivity and highly sensitive people, talk about sensitivity and highly sensitive people, 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 a short video and reflect on the lesson.
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C1 Advanced | CharacterThis complete C1–C2 ESL lesson plan is built around the short video Loneliness has a Bad Reputation. Let’s Change That. It helps mature teens and adults explore the themes of being alone, loneliness, solitude, friendship and social health.
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B2 Upper Intermediate | CharacterThis ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled How to be a good friend and the themes of friends and friendships. Students learn vocabulary related to friendship, write and talk about the qualities and characteristics of a good friend, read an article about the qualities of a good friend, predict the content of a short video, watch a short video, complete viewing notes, analyse a short video, write about a short video, perform a roleplay and reflect on the lesson.
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B1 Intermediate | CharacterThis ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled How To Be Warm and the theme of being a warm person. Students learn vocabulary related to being a warm person, talk about being a warm person, discuss quotations about being a warm person, predict the content of a short video, watch a short video, answer comprehension questions, analyse a short video, develop critical thinking skills by exploring issues raised in a short video, read an article, answer comprehension questions, discuss t…
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B1 Intermediate | CharacterThis ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled How to Be an Interesting Person and the themes of personality traits and being an interesting person. Students talk about personality traits, watch a short video, answer comprehension questions, analyse a short video, perform a roleplay and reflect on the lesson.
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B2 Upper Intermediate | CharacterThis ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled The secret to being more likeable and the themes of likeability and how to be more likeable. Students learn vocabulary related to interpersonal skills, talk about likeability and how to be more likeable, discuss quotations about likeability, predict the content of a short video, watch a short video, answer comprehension questions, analyse a short video, develop critical thinking skills by exploring issues raised in a short video, read …
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B2 Upper Intermediate | CharacterThis complete Upper Intermediate (B2) to Advanced (C1) ESL video lesson plan is designed around a short video titled How to Be More Loving. The lesson explores loving as an active attitude towards other people, with a strong focus on compassion, emotional understanding, forgiveness, hidden wounds and responding thoughtfully to difficult behaviour.
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