Foods that Can Improve Brain Function

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled The foods that can improve brain function and the theme of nutrition and cognitive function. Students learn vocabulary related to nutrition and cognitive function, discuss quotations about food, talk about nutrition and cognitive function, 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, read an article, answer comprehension questions, discuss topics raised in an article, perform a roleplay, and reflect on the lesson.

Language level: Intermediate (B1) – Upper Intermediate (B2)

Learner type: Teens and adults

Time: 90–120 minutes

Objectives:

• To introduce students to the relationship between diet and memory
• To enhance students’ vocabulary related to food and cognitive function
• To improve viewing, listening and reading comprehension skills
• To improve speaking and writing skills
• To develop critical thinking about the impact of diet on brain health
• To practise roleplay in a realistic, persuasive conversation about nutrition

Topic: Nutrition and cognitive function

Language: Vocabulary related to nutrition and cognitive function

Watch the short video.