B2 ESL Video Lesson Plan: Online Dating

Lesson Summary:

This Upper Intermediate (B2) to Advanced (C1) ESL lesson plan is built around the short video Online Dating: What Are the Secrets to Success? and explores the themes of dating and online dating. It helps learners develop key language skills—listening, viewing, speaking, reading, writing and visually representing—through viewing, discussion, roleplay and creative activities.

Learning Objectives:

• To introduce students to the themes of dating and online dating
• To expand vocabulary related to dating, relationships and digital technology
• To develop students’ viewing, listening and reading comprehension skills
• To improve speaking fluency through discussion and roleplay using new vocabulary
• To enhance writing skills through creative and reflective tasks
• To strengthen multimodal communication skills through homework composition tasks

Lesson Activities:

• Vocabulary-building and prediction tasks
• Viewing and comprehension of a short video
• Analytical discussion on digital dating and attraction
• Reading and reflection on the article The Psychology of Attraction in the Digital World
• Speaking and writing activities using new vocabulary
• Roleplay and critical thinking discussions
• Creative multimodal homework composition tasks

Learner Type:

Upper Intermediate (B2) – Advanced (C1); mature teens and adults

Language Focus:

• Dating and relationships
• Online dating
• Communication and attraction
• Human psychology and emotion
• Digital technology and behaviour

Benefits for Teachers:

• Save hours of preparation with a fully developed, flexible lesson plan
• Engage students through compelling stories and real-world themes such as emotional intelligence, character, values, empathy, personal development, identity, relationships, global issues and social issues
• Build classroom routines that integrate multimodal literacy naturally and progressively
• Foster more inclusive and differentiated learning by using varied modes of input
• Rely on a trusted methodology backed by educational research and grounded in the theories of Vygotsky, Kress, Mayer and Krashen

Benefits for Learners:

• Develop communicative competence and confidence through integrated skill-building
• Expand vocabulary and improve listening and reading comprehension through repeated, meaningful exposure
• Think critically and creatively while exploring powerful social and emotional themes
• Strengthen emotional intelligence and intercultural awareness through affective engagement with multimodal texts

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This ESL video lesson plan is built around a thought-provoking short video and designed using the innovative Multimodal Approach, integrating listening, speaking, reading, writing, viewing, and representing. Engage learners with real-world themes, develop communicative competence, build vocabulary and foster critical thinking through dynamic, research-informed activities. Find out more about the Multimodal Approach and join thousands of teachers transforming their classrooms with Film English.