How to Make Better Decisions

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled How to make better decisions | 3 quick tips and the theme of decision-making and how to improve it. Students learn vocabulary related to psychology, thinking and life choices, discuss quotations about decision-making, talk about decision-making, 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, answer comprehension questions, discuss topics raised in an article, write about what they have learned from reading an article, and reflect on the lesson.

Language level: Upper Intermediate (B2) – Advanced (C1)

Learner type: Teens and adults

Topic: Decision-making and how to improve it

Language: Vocabulary related to psychology, thinking and life choices

Time: 90–120 minutes

Objectives:

• To introduce students to the theme of decision-making and how to improve it
• To expand students’ vocabulary related to psychology, thinking and life choices
• To develop students’ viewing, listening and reading comprehension skills
• To improve students’ speaking skills through discussions and roleplay using new vocabulary
• To develop students’ writing skills through creative and reflective tasks
• To enhance students’ visual representing skills through multimodal homework tasks

Watch the short video.