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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.

My Favourite Animal

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This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short film titled My Favourite Animal and the theme of animals. Students learn vocabulary related to animals, write and talk about their favourite animals, watch a short film, make notes about a short film, analyse a short film, and reflect on the lesson.

My Literacy Journey

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This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled Jay Blades’ journey of learning to read and the theme of literacy. Students learn vocabulary related to literacy, talk about literacy, predict the content of a short video, watch a short video, answer comprehension questions, analyse a short video, perform a roleplay and reflect on the lesson.

My Minimalist Wardrobe

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This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled My Minimalist Wardrobe and the themes of minimalism and minimalist dressing. Students learn vocabulary related to minimalism and minimalist dressing, discuss quotations about minimalism, talk about minimalism and minimalist dressing, read an article, answer comprehension questions, discuss topics raised in an article, 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, perform a roleplay, and reflect on the lesson.

My Shoes

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This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short film called My Shoes, and the themes of envy and empathy. Students write a story, watch a short film, talk about empathy and envy, discuss comments on a YouTube video, and practise idiomatic expressions.

Neuroplasticity

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This complete ESL video lesson plan helps students explore the brain and neuroplasticity through viewing and discussion. It includes vocabulary development, prediction tasks, comprehension work, analysis of a short video, a roleplay, and an extended article task to deepen understanding of how the brain adapts and heals.

New Boy

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This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short film titled New Boy and the theme of bullying. Students learn vocabulary related to bullying, talk about bullying, 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.

New Year’s Resolutions

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This ESL video lesson plan is built around the short video Why did I fail my New Year’s resolution? and explores why New Year’s resolutions often fail. Designed for Pre-intermediate (A2) to Intermediate (B1) learners, the lesson develops vocabulary related to goals, habits and personal change through structured discussion, video viewing, comprehension work, roleplay and reflective writing. Learners also read and respond to the article Why Small Habits Lead to Big Change, helping them connect video ideas to wider real-life contexts.

New York

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This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short film titled The Beat of New York and the themes of New York and cities. Students talk about New York, predict the content of a short film, watch a short film, analyse a short film, learn vocabulary related to film shots, create a storyboard, plan a short film about their home town, and reflect on the lesson.

Niceness

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This ready-to-use ESL video lesson plan is built around the short film In Praise of Nice People and explores the theme of appreciating nice people and niceness. Designed for Upper Intermediate (B2) to Advanced (C1) learners, it provides a complete 90–120 minute lesson with structured activities that develop viewing, listening, reading, speaking and writing skills. Students expand vocabulary related to human nature, gratitude and relationships, engage in discussion and roleplay, analyse quotations about kindness, and read an in-depth follow-up article titled Why We Take Niceness for Granted. Ideal for mature teens and adults, the lesson promotes reflection, critical thinking and meaningful communication.

Not Enough

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This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short film titled Not Enough and the theme of dreams and ambitions. Students talk about the jobs they want or wanted to do, write sentences with ‘not + adjective + enough’, predict the content of a short film, watch a short film with the sound off and write the dialogue, answer comprehension questions, analyse a short film, perform a roleplay and reflect on the lesson.

Obvious to you. Amazing to others.

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This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled Obvious to you. Amazing to others. and the theme of creativity. Students come up with extreme adjectives, predict the content of a short video, watch a short video, answer comprehension questions, summarise the message of a short video, read a video transcript, analyse a short video, talk about creativity and reflect on the lesson.

Off-grid Living

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This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled Living Off the Grid in Paradise and the theme of off-grid living. Students learn vocabulary related to nature, sustainability and independence, talk about off-grid living, 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, develop critical thinking skills by exploring issues raised in a short video, perform a roleplay, read an article titled Choosing Simplicity: The Rise of Off-Grid Living, answer comprehension questions, discuss topics raised in an article, write about what they have learned from reading an article, and reflect on the lesson.

One-Week Job

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This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short film called When I Grow Up and a trailer for a documentary called One Week Job, and the themes of jobs and choosing a career. Students learn vocabulary related to jobs and choosing a career, talk about jobs and choosing a career, watch a short film, answer comprehension questions, watch a trailer, answer comprehension questions, analyse a trailer, watch a short video, answer comprehension questions, read a video transcript and reflect on the lesson.

Online Dating

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This engaging ESL video lesson plan explores the themes of dating and online dating through the short video Online Dating: What Are the Secrets to Success?. It is a complete, ready-to-use resource for Upper Intermediate (B2) to Advanced (C1) learners. Students develop key skills through viewing, discussion, reading, roleplay and creative tasks.

Optimism

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This engaging ESL video lesson plan is titled Can Optimism Save Us? and explores the theme of optimism and its social and personal dimensions. Aimed at Advanced (C1) to Proficient (C2) level learners, the lesson includes vocabulary-building, structured viewing and reading tasks, group discussion, roleplay, critical thinking, and creative multimodal reflection. Students explore optimism, trust, […]

Origami

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This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled Tiny Origami and the theme of origami. Students learn vocabulary related to origami, talk about origami, predict the content of a short video, watch a short video, answer comprehension questions, analyse a short video, watch an instructional video, make an origami figure, and reflect on the lesson.

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