Relationships

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a beautiful short film by titled I lost my phone and the theme of mobile phones. Students listen to a film and speculate about what is happening, watch the film to check their answers and talk about mobile phone use.

A 28-page Extensive Viewing guide to the Oscar-nominated film If Beale Street Could Speak starring KiKi Layne and Stephan James 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 In a Heartbeat and the theme of love. Students learn and practice expressions using the word “heart”, watch a short film trailer, predict and write a story, watch and discuss a short film, and watch and discuss a video in which elderly people give their reactions to the short film.

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short film called Inseparable by Nick White and the theme of relationships. Students practise using prefixes, predict a story, watch a short film, write down two short conversations and write a narrative.

This ESL video lesson plan is designed around a short video titled We’re Lonelier than Ever — And There’s One Big Reason and the theme of real-life versus digital friendship. Students learn vocabulary related to character, human connection and social media, discuss quotations about friendship, talk 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, perform a roleplay, read an article titled From Likes to Love: Can Online Relationships Thrive?, 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 engaging ESL video lesson plan is built around the short video How Jealousy Distorts Your Thinking and explores the theme of jealousy and how it impacts our thoughts and behaviour. Aimed at Upper Intermediate (B2) to Advanced (C1) level students, the lesson includes vocabulary-building tasks, video analysis, guided discussions, article-based reading activities, roleplay, and reflective writing.

A 35-page Extensive Viewing guide to the biopic film Jobs about Steve Jobs starring Ashton Kutcher and Dermot Mulroney 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.

A 27-page Extensive Viewing guide to the Oscar-winning film La La Land starring Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling 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 Christmas ad and the theme of Christmas. Students talk about Christmas ads, watch an ad, predict the end of an ad, answer comprehension questions, discuss an ad and reflect on the lesson.

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled Loneliness and the Power of Connection and the themes of loneliness and connection. Students learn vocabulary related to loneliness and connection, talk about loneliness and connection, predict the content of a short video, watch a short video, answer comprehension questions, discuss quotations from a short video, 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 film titled Love is Like Life and the theme of love. Students learn vocabulary related to love, talk about love, create similes about love, predict the content of a short film, write a narrative, watch a short film, analyse a short film, and reflect on the lesson.

A 33-page Extensive Viewing guide to the award-winning film Love Actually starring Hugh Grant, Emma Thompson, Liam Neeson, Keira Knightley, Colin Firth,and Rowan Atkinson 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 and a commercial inspired by the short film, and the theme of love at first sight. Students talk about love, predict the story in a short film, watch a short film, answer comprehension questions, discuss a short film, perform a roleplay, write a narrative for an advert, read and discuss a poem, and reflect on the lesson.

A 44-page Extensive Viewing guide to the Oscar-winning film Mamma Mia! starring Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth and Julie Walters 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.

A 27-page Extensive Viewing guide to the Oscar-winning film Marriage Story starring Scarlett Johansson, Adam Driver and Lorna Dern 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.

A 24-page Extensive Viewing guide to the romantic drama film Me Before You starring Emilia Clarke and Sam Claflin 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.