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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!

devastation and collapsed buildings n an aftermath after an earthquake

Morocco earthquake

Vocabulary: earthquakes (tremor aftershock, collapse, warning signs, to be prone to, magnitude, death toll, devastating)
Video: Why Morocco’s earthquake was so deadly
Speaking: conversation questions, brainstorming

B1 / B2

Environment ESL lesson plans

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an electric car charging with a slogan - are electric cards really greener?

How green are electric cars?

Vocabulary: electric vehicles and sustainability (life cycle analysis, a silver bullet, emission-free at the tailpipe, greenwashing, power grid)
Grammar: linking contrasting ideas (although, despite, in spite of, while, yet)
Speaking: conversation questions, debates, evaluating advantages and disadvantages

B2 / C1

Environment ESL lesson plans, Technology ESL lesson plans

5:00

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thermometer showing high temperature and a slogan - are heatwaves getting worse?

Heatwaves

Vocabulary: other ways to say “It’s very hot”
Functional language: talking about negative consequences
Speaking: conversation questions, brainstorming, creating an awareness campaign

B2 / C1

Environment ESL lesson plans

5:52

world earth day concept. a man holding a globe and a slogan - do you celebrate earth's day?

Earth Day

Vocabulary: the environment (carbon footprint, renewable resources, endangered species)
Video: Gaylord Nelson and the origins of Earth Day
Grammar: first and second conditionals

B1 / B2

Environment ESL lesson plans

1:59

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a city skyline and a slogan - which places are most at risk?

Tackling rising sea levels

Vocabulary: environmental issues and natural disasters
Video: US coastal cities trying to hold back rising sea levels
Synonyms: deal with and run out of

B1 / B2

Environment ESL lesson plans

2:23

updated

Organic food waste and a slogan - let's try to reduce our food waste

Stop food waste

Collocations: food (unsold food, fussy eater, surplus food)
Video: Canadians get creative in solving food waste problem
Speaking: food waste questionnaire, conversation questions

B1 / B2

Environment ESL lesson plans

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