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 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…

This complete, ready-to-use C1–C2 ESL video lesson plan is built around the theme of leadership in modern organisations. Designed for mature teens and adults, the lesson helps learners explore what makes a great leader, how leadership is changing and why innovation depends on culture, collaboration and trust.

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, …

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.