Emotional Intelligence

A 65-page Extensive Viewing guide to the Oscar-nominated film The Six Triple Eight starring Kerry Washington, Ebony Obsidian, Dean Norris, Sam Waterston and Oprah Winfrey 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 advanced ESL video lesson plan is built around a short, thought-provoking video titled The Lost Art of Building a Company with Integrity. It explores leadership, thoughtful leadership and value-driven decision-making, helping learners analyse how values shape organisational culture. Through guided viewing, discussion, critical thinking tasks, roleplay and extended reading, students develop advanced language skills while reflecting on ethical leadership in professional contexts.

This ready-to-use ESL video lesson plan is built around the short film At What Point Does Optimism Become Unhealthy? and explores optimism, toxic positivity and emotional literacy. Designed for Upper Intermediate (B2) to Advanced (C1) learners, the lesson develops vocabulary related to emotional experience and habits while strengthening viewing, listening, reading, speaking and writing skills. Through guided discussion, quotation analysis, prediction tasks, roleplay and critical reflection, students deepen their understanding of emotional culture and build greater emotional literacy.

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled What is Unconscious Bias? and the themes of bias and unconscious bias. Students learn vocabulary related to bias and unconscious bias, talk about bias and unconscious bias, 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 Can visualisation help you achieve a better future? and the theme of visualisation. Students learn vocabulary related to psychology and personal development, talk about visualisation, 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.

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a moving short film titled We've All Been There by Nicholas Clifford and the theme of empathy. Students write a story, watch a short film and speak about empathy.

Lesson Summary:This complete, ready-to-use ESL video lesson plan is built around the short video What is wellbeing? and explores the theme of wellbeing and ways of achieving and maintaining it. Designed for Pre-intermediate (A2) to Intermediate (B1) learners, the lesson helps students expand vocabulary related to wellbeing and quality of life while developing viewing, listening, […]

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled What is depression? and the theme of depression. Students learn vocabulary related to depression, talk about depression, watch a short video, answer comprehension questions, write a summary of a short video, analyse a short video, perform a roleplay and reflect on the lesson.

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled Daniel Goleman Introduces Emotional Intelligence and the theme of emotional intelligence. Students learn vocabulary related to emotional intelligence, talk about emotional intelligence, 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, perform a roleplay and reflect on the lesson.

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.

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled What Self-Esteem Is and the themes of self-esteem and how to cultivate self-esteem. Students learn vocabulary related to self-esteem and how to cultivate self-esteem, talk about self-esteem and how to cultivate self-esteem, discuss quotations about self-esteem, answer comprehension questions, analyse a short video, discuss topics raised in a short video, develop critical thinking skills by exploring issues raised in a short video, read an article, answer comprehension questions, perform a roleplay, and reflect on the lesson.

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled What teens are thankful for in which students talk about what they are grateful for, watch a video and write their own letters of gratitude.

Lesson Summary:This ESL video lesson plan is built around the short video Humiliation: Why this little-understood emotion exists and explores humiliation and its social function. Designed for Upper Intermediate (B2) to Advanced (C1) learners, the lesson offers a complete, ready-to-use package that develops viewing, listening, reading, speaking and writing skills through discussion, quotation analysis, prediction […]

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled Why Perfect Grades Don’t Matter and the themes of education and grades. Students learn vocabulary related to education and grades, talk about education and grades, 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 lesson plan is designed around a short video titled Why your Epicurean approach will never make you truly happy and the themes of happiness and suffering. Students learn vocabulary related to happiness and suffering, talk about happiness and suffering, predict the content of a short video, watch a short video, check true/false sentences, analyse a short video, develop critical thinking skills by exploring real-world issues, write about what they have learned from viewing a short video, read an article, answer comprehension questions, and reflect on the lesson.

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled Why your life is so boring and the theme of why people think their lives are boring. Students talk about why people think their lives are boring, predict the content of a short video, watch a short video, make viewing notes, analyse a short video, discuss quotations from a short video, perform a roleplay and reflect on the lesson.