What is Mental Health?

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled What is Mental Health? and the theme of mental health and emotional well-being. Students learn vocabulary related to mental health and emotional well-being, discuss quotations about mental health, talk about mental health, 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 titled Eight Strategies to Boost Your Mental Health, 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: Mental health and emotional well-being

Language: Vocabulary related to mental health and emotional well-being

Time: 90–120 minutes

Objectives:

• To introduce students to the concept of mental health as a continuum
• To expand vocabulary related to mental health and emotional well-being
• To develop students’ viewing, listening and reading comprehension skills
• To improve students’ speaking skills through discussion and roleplay
• To develop students’ writing skills through creative tasks and essay writing
• To practise critical thinking through discussion and reflection

Watch the short video.