How to Manage Your Emotions

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled How to Manage Your Emotions and the themes of emotions and managing emotions. Students learn vocabulary related to emotions and managing emotions, talk about emotions and managing emotions, discuss quotations about emotions and managing emotions, 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.

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

Learner type: Teens and adults

Time: 90–120 minutes

Objectives:

• To develop students’ understanding of emotions and their impact on behaviour.
• To enhance students’ vocabulary with targeted words from the transcript.
• To engage in critical thinking about managing emotions.
• To improve speaking and interpersonal skills through discussions and roleplay.
• To encourage reflection and practical application of emotional management strategies.

Topic: Emotions and managing emotions

Language: Vocabulary related to emotions and managing emotions

Watch the short video.