Personal Development

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled How positive thinking is harming your happiness and the theme of positive thinking. Students learn vocabulary related to positive thinking, talk about positive thinking, read an article about the benefits of positive thinking, predict the content of a short video, watch a short video about the possible negative impact of positive thinking, answer comprehension questions, analyse a short video, and reflect on the lesson.

This complete ESL video lesson plan is designed around a short video titled The Dangerous and Addictive Fantasy of ‘Unlimited Potential’ and the themes of self-help and the problem of self-help. Designed for Upper Intermediate (B2) to Advanced (C1) learners, the lesson helps mature teens and adults explore how self-help culture can offer motivation while also creating unrealistic pressure.

This Advanced (C1) to Proficient (C2) ESL lesson plan is designed around the short video How One Decision Can Create ‘A New Self’ and the themes of transformative decisions, transformative experiences and personal identity. Students explore how life-changing choices can alter their values, perspectives and sense of self.

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 art…