Category Archives: Level C1

Oxford Word Of The Year

Level: C1/C2 Time: 90min

This engaging ESL lesson was inspired by 2025 OxfordWOTY and is based on a viral YouTube video that explains how provocative online content is designed to trigger outrage and boost engagement. Using humour and exaggeration, the video offers a sharp commentary on social media, algorithms, and modern online behaviour.

Designed for advanced (C1/C2) ESL learners, this lesson helps students practise listening, vocabulary, and critical discussion while exploring how language, psychology, and attention economics shape internet culture.

🗂️ In this ESL lesson, students will:

  • 🎧 develop listening comprehension using an authentic online video,
  • 🧩 learn contemporary vocabulary and expressions from internet culture,
  • 💬 analyse tone, irony, exaggeration, and persuasion,
  • 🧠 discuss algorithms, online outrage, and digital identity,
  • 🗣️ practise expressing opinions and responding critically.

💡 Why you’ll love this lesson
This ready-to-use ESL worksheet includes vocabulary tasks, high-level comprehension questions, and discussion prompts, plus a full answer key. It’s ideal for teachers who want to bring current, real-world English into advanced classes and spark meaningful conversation about life online.

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Reborn Dolls

Level: B2 and up Time: 90min

This thought-provoking ESL lesson — “Reborn Dolls” — is based on a short documentary video about adults who collect life-like “reborn” dolls. It’s an unusual, emotional topic that helps students practise listening comprehension, vocabulary, and discussion skills while exploring a fascinating real-life hobby that blurs the line between art, therapy, and obsession.

Perfect for upper-intermediate and advanced ESL learners, this lesson encourages empathy, creativity, and deep reflection on how people cope with loss or loneliness.

🗂️ In this ESL lesson, students will:

  • 🧩 learn new vocabulary connected to emotions, appearance, and health,
  • 🎧 complete listening comprehension exercises based on a real documentary video,
  • 💬 discuss topics like grief, comfort, judgment, and human connection,
  • 🧠 express opinions and practise agreeing and disagreeing politely,

💡 Why you’ll love this lesson

This ESL video lesson plan includes ready-to-use, worksheets for vocabulary, listening comprehension, and discussion. It’s ideal for teachers who want to bring authentic, real-world topics into the classroom and help students speak naturally about emotions and empathy.

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Boys don’t cry.

Level: C1 and up Time: 90 min

This lesson is inspired by the situation that took place during 2022 Football World Cup in Quatar. Robert Lewandowski was reduced to tears after scoring a goal in 2022 World Cup against Saudi Arabia.

Crying men still fall outside the traditional male stereotype, and are often met with confusion, weird looks and sometimes even ridiculed.

Lewandowski video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJ5uRirKupo

Reading: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/van-jones-cry-emotional-cnn-joe-biden_n_5fadbf22c5b6370e7e313ee0

CNN video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2ScxGsB-ks

Unfortunately, because of the copyright I can’t share the article… But I’m sure you can figure it out yourself from the pdf below!!!

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What’s inside? Inspiration.

Level: B2 and up

The first part of the worksheet is a self-directed set of four activities. Discussion on working with your family and little bit of pre-listening guess work.

After that students listen to the initial part of the interview and write down comprehesion questions for other students to answer.

Activity five, on the other hand, is a set of hardcore listening comprehension questions. A 20 yo girl calls the show to ask for advice on inspiration and motivation. Seems obvious and easy but… well check it out for yourself. My students found it pretty challenging.

Finally, a discussion on privilage and unfair advantage, based on the story of New Orleans. Before going into discussion, I suggest pre-teaching New Orleans’ tough history which resulted in residential segregation of the city.

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21st Century Activism

Level: B2 and up

Have you got any idea what #thinspo and #proana movements are?

Teenagers around the world go through some hardcore stuff during their puberty. It’s always been that way. But in the era of internet, social media and harsh judgment it becomes unbearable for some.

This is an interview with an actress, tv host and above all body positivity activist Jameela Jamil.

Make sure you read the teacher’s notes before using this material.

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When patience goes platinum.

When Patience Goes Platinum

2018 Grammy Nominee for Best Rap/Sung Performance GoldLink talking with Gary about his future plans.

Two versions of worksheet available.

For students who have access to a phone or computer with internet acces – use the handout WITHOUT the article. More activities and a vocabulary box to work with.

For those of you who won’t have access to internet during the lesson  -check out the handout WITH the article.

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