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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!

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people vacuuming and a slogan "Anything worth doing is worth doing the fun way""

Gamify Your Life: Make Boring Tasks Fun!

With this ESL lesson, students learn how the principles of gamification—such as rewards, progress tracking, competition, and goal-setting—can transform mundane chores into enjoyable activities.

B1 / B2

Lifestyle ESL lesson plans

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a photo of a comic colelction, and a slogan "why do we like to colect things?"

Are you a collector or a hoarder?

Vocabulary: expressions related to collecting (trasure trove, prized possession, hard to come by, a rare gem, declutter, hoard)
Video: “Hobby or hoarding: The psychology behind the drive to collect”
Speaking: collecting items, the collectibles market, investing in collectibles

B2 / C1

Business ESL lesson plans, Lifestyle ESL lesson plans, Art ESL lesson plans

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a person throwing away a computer, and a slogan "how can we combat throwaway culture?"

Throwaway culture

Vocabulary: verbs related to repairing things and tools
Speaking: consumerism, recycling, alternatives to throwaway culture
Videos: Repair cafés – what they are and why we need them

B1 / B2

Environment ESL lesson plans

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a man with his daughter mopping the floor and a slogan - let's do some sprng cleaning!

Spring cleaning

Vocabulary: cleaning supplies and decluttering (get rid of, give away, throw away,)
Reading: organisation methods (Marie Kondo, The FlyLady, The Four-Box method)
Speaking: Conversation questions, creating a spring cleaning checklist

B1 / B2

Lifestyle ESL lesson plans

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two children playing and a slogan - when to start giving children pockt money

Should we give children an allowance?

Vocabulary: chores (e.g. ironing, doing the laundry, doing the washing-up)
Vocabulary: budgeting and money (lend, to budget, allowance, pocket money)
Confusing words: raise, bring up, educate, look after

B1 / B2

Lifestyle ESL lesson plans

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