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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.

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.

Migrants

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This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short film titled Migrants and the themes of climate change and the migrant crisis. Students learn vocabulary related to climate change and the migrant crisis, talk about climate change and the migrant crisis, write a story, watch a short film, answer comprehension questions, analyse a short film and reflect on the lesson.

Mind the Gap

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This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short film titled Mind the Gap. Students watch the first part of the film speculate and predict how it is going to end, read an article and talk about the film and article.

Missing U

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This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short film titled Missing U and the theme of pronunciation and text messages. Students practise pronunciation of letters, read text messages, come up with words that rhyme, predict the content of a short film, watch a short film, answer comprehension questions, read a poem, read a poem aloud, analyse a short film and reflect on the lesson.

Mixtape

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This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short film titled Mixtape by Luke Snellin and the theme of music. Students learn vocabulary related to music, talk about music, read a text, watch a short film, answer comprehension questions, discuss a short film and reflect on the lesson.

Mog’s Christmas Calamity

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This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short film titled Mog’s Christmas Calamity and the theme of Christmas. Students collate and use vocabulary related to Christmas, talk about Christmas customs, watch a short film, answer comprehension questions, predict the ending of a short film, discuss a short film and reflect on the lesson.

Moments

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This ESL lesson is designed around a beautiful short film called Moments by Nuno Rocha and the theme of homelessness. Students learn vocabulary related to homelessness, talk about homelessness, watch a short film, write a story, answer comprehension questions, discuss a short film and reflect on the lesson.

Moral Dilemmas

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This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short film titled Mother and the theme of moral dilemmas. Students learn vocabulary related to dilemmas, talk about dilemmas, watch a short film, identify the moral dilemma in a film, discuss the moral dilemma in a film, analyse a short film, and reflect on the lesson.

Moral Imagination

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This complete ESL video lesson plan for C1–C2 learners explores morality, morals, and moral imagination. Students expand vocabulary for ethical decision-making, develop critical thinking through discussions and roleplay, and engage with a thought-provoking video and article. Perfect for mature teens and adults, it builds speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills in a fully ready-to-use package. […]

Morning Routines

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This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short film titled Wrong side of the bed and the theme of morning routines. Students learn vocabulary related to morning routines, write and talk about morning routines, write sentences using the first conditional, predict the content of a short film, watch a short film, write sentences about actions in a short film, analyse a short film, and reflect on the lesson.

Motivation and Learning a Language

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This complete ESL video lesson plan, How to Stay Motivated When Learning a Language, helps students explore the theme of motivation and how it influences language learning. Aimed at pre-intermediate (A2) to intermediate (B1) learners, it includes activities to build vocabulary, improve communication, and encourage reflection through viewing, discussion and creative tasks. Teachers receive a ready-to-use package designed to inspire confidence and motivation in language learners.

Move, Learn, Eat

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This ESL lesson plan is designed around three minute-long short films titled Move, Learn, Eat and the topics of travel, learning and food. Students speak and write about a world trip, travel, learning and food, and watch three short videos.

Mr. Happy Man

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This ESL lesson is designed around a beautiful short film by Matt Morris about Johnny Barnes, an 88-year-old man who dedicates his life to making people happy. Students practise speaking, listening and writing.

Mrs. Hayes

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This ESL lesson plan is designed around a Christmas short film and the theme of Christmas. Students learn vocabulary related to Christmas, talk about Christmas, read a description of a short film, visualise a short film, watch a short film, analyse a short film, write from the perspective of a character in a short film and reflect on the lesson.

Multimillionaire at 19

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This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled Multimillionaire at 19 and the themes of multimillionaires and stereotypes. Students learn vocabulary related to multimillionaires and business, talk about multimillionaires and stereotypes, 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.

Music

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This ESL lesson plan is designed around a video commissioned by the Barbican arts centre, London and the theme of music. Students practise adjectives to describe emotions, watch a short video, talk about music and discuss quotations about music.

My Earliest Childhood Memory

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This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short film titled My earliest Childhood Memory, and the theme of childhood memories. Students describe their earliest childhood memory and listen to other students describe theirs, watch a short film and reconstruct the narration, and talk about other childhood memories.

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