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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.

Programming Prodigy

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This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video and the theme of child prodigies. Students learn vocabulary related to technology and innovation, talk about child prodigies, 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 and reflect on the lesson.

Quitting Social Media

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This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled Why people are choosing to quit social media and the theme of social media. Students learn vocabulary related to social media, talk about social media, 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.

Racism

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This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short film titled Strangers and the theme of racism. Students predict the content of a short film, watch a short film, answer comprehension questions, write a narrative, analyse a short film, talk about racism and reflect on the lesson.

Racism is Real

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This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video about racism. In the lesson students watch the video, identify eight differences between the treatment of black versus white people, read a pledge, write their own pledge, and discuss racism and discrimination.

Raising Resilient Kids

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This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video and the themes of resilience and raising resilient children. Students learn vocabulary related to resilience, talk about resilience and raising resilient children, 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.

Real Beauty

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This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short film by John X. Carey and the theme of beauty. Students talk about beauty, watch a short film, answer comprehension questions, read and discuss an article about a short film, discuss a short film and reflect on the lesson.

Reclaim Your Attention

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This ESL video lesson plan explores attention fragmentation and its causes through a thought-provoking short video and an in-depth article. Designed for Upper Intermediate to Advanced learners, it develops learners’ ability to understand, analyse and discuss how attention is shaped and disrupted in modern life. Through viewing, discussion and creative activities, students build vocabulary related to attention, focus and productivity while strengthening critical thinking, speaking and writing skills.

Recycling

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Lesson SummaryThis engaging ESL video lesson plan is built around the short video Ryan’s Recycling | Kid Entrepreneur and explores the theme of recycling and its environmental benefits. Suitable for Pre-intermediate (A2) to Intermediate (B1) level students, the lesson is ideal for teens and adults. It features vocabulary-building, critical thinking, structured roleplay, article-based tasks, and […]

Refugees

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This ESL lesson plan is designed around an animated short film and the theme of refugees. Students practise vocabulary related to refugees, speak about refugees, watch a short film, retell a story, answer comprehension questions, analyse a short film, empathise with a refugee child, reflect on the lesson and write an account of a refugee child fleeing their country.

Reimagine Productivity

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Lesson Summary:This ESL video lesson plan is a complete, ready-to-use resource based on the short video The Productivity Myth: Why you’ll never ‘get on top of everything’. It explores the themes of productivity and reimagined productivity, helping learners develop advanced skills through vocabulary building, viewing, discussion and creative activities. Suitable for C1–C2 learners, it offers […]

Resilience

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This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled Three Invaluable Tools to Boost Your Resilience and the theme of resilience. Students learn vocabulary related to resilience, talk about resilience, 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.

Reunited Twins

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This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video and the theme of twins. Students write and talk about twins, predict the content of a short video, watch a short video, answer comprehension questions, analyse a short video, write from the perspective of a character in a video and reflect on the lesson.

Reverse Ageing

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Lesson Summary:This complete ESL video lesson plan is designed for Advanced (C1) to Proficient (C2) learners and explores the themes of ageing and reverse ageing. Students learn key vocabulary related to health, longevity and wellbeing, discuss inspiring quotations about ageing, predict and analyse a short video, answer comprehension questions, explore issues through structured discussion and […]

Sailing Around the World

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This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled Love Sets Sail and the theme of sailing around the world. Students learn vocabulary related to sailing, talk about sailing around the world, write a plan of a voyage around the world, watch a short video, answer comprehension questions, analyse a short video, describe a voyage around the world from the perspective of a character in a video and reflect on the lesson.

Santa’s Feeling Poorly

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This ESL lesson plan is designed around a Christmas short film and the theme of Christmas adverts. Students talk about Christmas ads, watch a short film, predict the end of a short film, answer comprehension questions, discuss a short film, write from the perspective of a character in a short film and reflect on the lesson.

Saving Grace

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This ESL lesson is designed around a short video titled Saving Grace by Toad’s Caravan commissioned by the charity Mary’s Meals. Students discuss poverty, do a dictation, watch two short videos, answer comprehension questions, discuss two videos and reflect on the lesson.

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