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Video-based lesson plans

Whether your lessons are online or in-person, The English Flows’ lesson plans are the ultimate time-saver for ESL teachers working with adult and Business English students. Cut down on prep work and free up your time for what truly matters – guiding, coaching, and meeting your students' unique needs. Our current and highly relatable topics will keep your students engaged before, during, and after the class. We add 7-8 new video-based ESL lesson plans each month. Ignite their curiosity and inspire them to explore the English language further!

a person doing skydiving, and a slogan "good stress vs bad stress"

The upside of stress

Vocabulary: collocations and expressions with “stress” (chronic stress, stress-induced, stress-free, stress management, stress out)
Confising words: distress vs de-stress
Speaking: stressful situations, stress managements techniques, refaming your perspective

B1 / B2

Business ESL lesson plans, Lifestyle ESL lesson plans

4:37

chuldren paiting outdoors, and a slogan "do children have too many extracurricular activities nowadays"?

Extracurricular activities

Vocabulary: extracurricular activities, skills
Video: Studies suggest too many extracurricular activities may be harmful to kids
Speaking: evaluating pros and cons of extracurricular activities, opinions, summer activities for children

B1 / B2

Education ESL lesson plans

2:22

a laptop with cut cable and a slogan "should employers be allowed to contact you outside working hours?"

The right to disconnect

Vocabulary: be on call, on the clock, around the clock, to unplug, outside working hours
Grammar: passives be supposed/expected/required/advised to + verb
Speaking: survey, conversation questions, giving examples about company policies, work-life balance, disconnecting from work

B1 / B2

Business ESL lesson plans, Technology ESL lesson plans

2:57

a woman in a sensory deprivation tank doing floatation therapy and a slogan - would you try a sensory deprivation tank?

Beyond the senses: exploring floatation tanks

Speaking: brainstorming vocabulary related to the senses, conversation questions
Video: How sensory deprivation and floating impacts the brain
Vocabulary: verbs related to the different senses (stare, gaze, eavesdrop, overhear, nibble, devour)

B2 / C1

Lifestyle ESL lesson plans

6:15

a woman's head silhouette with multiple tasks on notes and a slogan - who carries the mental load in your family

Mental load and invisible labor

Vocabulary: to take a toll, the brunt of things, take someone off your plate, to drain, to burden
Speaking: conversation questions, completing surveys, guessing the answer
Video: Share the Mental Load: 5 ways to split invisible responsibilities more equally

B2 / C1

Social issues ESL lesson plans

8:00

an exhausted person resting their head on their keyboard with a stone with "back to work" written on it and a slogan - how to deal with the holiday blues

Returning to work after a vacation

Vocabulary: idioms and expressions (to get back into the groove of things, back to the grind, post-vacation fatigue, vacation blues, hit the ground running)
Video: Getting over your post-vacation slump
Speaking: conversation questions, brinstorming, role-play

B2 / C1

Business ESL lesson plans

4:00