Emotional Intelligence

A 30-page Extensive Viewing guide to the Oscar-winning film Dead Poets Society starring Robin Williams and Ethan Hawke for English language students who want to learn English through watching films. The guide will help students improve their English vocabulary, listening comprehension, pronunciation and speaking.

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short film titled Soft Rain and the theme of depression. Students learn vocabulary related to depression, talk about depression, read and discuss quotations about depression, watch a short video, talk about metaphors and symbolism in a short film, analyse a short video, and reflect on the lesson.

This ESL lesson is designed around a short video called Educate the Heart and the themes of education and compassion. Students discuss a quotation, use vocabulary related to education and compassion, predict the content of a short video, watch a video, answer comprehension questions, discuss a video, interview a partner, watch an interview, reflect on the lesson and write a composition.

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled Emotional Intelligence in the Workplace and the themes of effective leadership and emotional intelligence. Students learn vocabulary related to effective leadership and emotional intelligence, talk about effective leadership and emotional intelligence, predict the content of a short video, watch a short video, complete viewing notes, analyse a short video, perform a roleplay and reflect on the lesson.

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled What Is It to Be Emotionally Mature and the theme of emotional maturity. Students learn vocabulary related to emotional maturity, talk about emotionally mature people, predict the content of a short video, watch a short video, complete viewing notes, talk about the most important characteristics of emotional maturity, analyse a short video, perform a roleplay and reflect on the lesson.

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled Empathy: The Human Connection to Patient Care and the themes empathy and hospitals. Students learn vocabulary related to empathy and hospitals, talk about empathy, predict the content of a short video, watch a short video, answer comprehension questions, discuss a short video and reflect on the lesson.

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short film titled Fear of Flying and the theme of fears. Students write sentences, dictate sentences, speak, and watch a short film.

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled Finding Empathy for Yourself and Others and the themes of empathy and how to develop it. Students learn vocabulary related to emotions and mindfulness, talk about empathy and how to develop it, discuss quotations about empathy, 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.

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled Five things you think will make you happy... but won't and the themes of happiness and myths about happiness. Students learn vocabulary related to happiness, talk about happiness and myths about happiness, predict the content of a short video, watch a short video, complete viewing notes, analyse a short video, perform a roleplay and reflect on the lesson.

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled The Friendship Recession and the theme of friendship. Students learn vocabulary related to friendship, talk about friendship, watch a short video, answer comprehension questions, analyse a short video, develop critical thinking skills by exploring real-world issues, and reflect on the lesson.

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a video by Louie Schwartzberg and the themes of gratitude, beauty and nature. Students write and talk about gratitude, watch a short video, answer comprehension questions, discuss quotations, analyse a short video, and reflect on the lesson.

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled Gratitude Journaling: Working Towards Wellbeing and the themes of journaling and gratitude journaling. Students learn vocabulary related to related to positive perception and positive psychology, talk about journaling and gratitude journaling, discuss quotations about journaling, read an article, answer comprehension questions, discuss topics raised in an article, 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 and reading an article, develop critical thinking skills by exploring issues raised in a short video, perform a roleplay, and reflect on the lesson.

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled There is a formula for happiness — but it’s highly misunderstood and the themes of happiness and the science of happiness. Students learn vocabulary related to happiness and the science of happiness, talk about happiness, discuss quotations about happiness, predict the content of a short video, watch a short video, complete viewing notes, analyse a short video, write about what they have learned from viewing a short video, and reflect on the lesson.

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled How some friendships last — and others don’t and the themes of friendship and how to build healthy habits for making and maintaining strong friendships. Students learn vocabulary related to friendship and habits for making and maintaining strong friendships, talk about friendship and how to build healthy habits for making and maintaining strong friendships, discuss quotations about friendship, 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 tips for making and maintaining strong friendships given in an article, perform a roleplay, and reflect on the lesson.

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled Highly sensitive people are the best employees! and the themes of sensitivity and highly sensitive people. Students learn vocabulary related to sensitivity and highly sensitive people, talk about sensitivity and highly sensitive people, 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 a short video and reflect on the lesson.

This ESL video lesson plan is built around the short video Is Social Media Messing with Our Emotions? and explores social media, its role in modern life and how it affects emotions. Designed for Intermediate to Upper Intermediate learners, it provides a complete, ready-to-use package with viewing tasks, discussion, roleplay, critical thinking activities and an extended reading text. Learners develop vocabulary related to emotions, technology and online behaviour while reflecting on the emotional impact of digital platforms.