How to Fight Workaholism

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled Fighting Workaholism: You Are Not a Success Machine and the themes of workaholism and overcoming workaholism. Students learn vocabulary related to workaholism and overcoming workaholism, talk about workaholism and overcoming workaholism, 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 topics raised in an article, perform a roleplay and reflect on the lesson.

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

Learner type: Adults

Time: 90–120 minutes

Activity: Learning vocabulary related to workaholism and overcoming workaholism, talking about workaholism and overcoming workaholism, predicting the content of a short video, watching a short video, answer comprehension questions, analysing a short video, developing critical thinking skills by exploring issues raised in a short video, reading an article, answering comprehension questions, discussing topics raised in an article, performing a roleplay and reflecting on the lesson

Topic: Workaholism and overcoming workaholism

Language: vocabulary related to workaholism and overcoming workaholism

Watch the short video.