Body Language and Emotions
ESL Lesson PlansBody Language and Emotions

Body Language and Emotions

This engaging ESL lesson plan focuses on understanding emotions and body language through listening activities and interactive group discussions. Designed for B2 learners, this 60-minute session helps teens and adults explore the impact of nonverbal communication, including posture, gestures, and facial expressions. Through video analysis, vocabulary exercises, and practical scenarios, students enhance their ability to interpret and use confident body language in everyday interactions.

Skills

  • Can follow the essentials of lectures, talks and reports and other forms of academic/professional presentation which are propositionally and linguistically complex.
Online Interactive
Based on CEFR
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1

Share your opinion on this quote. Do you agree with it?

Words are only a small part of communication. The rest is body language.
- Tony Robbins
Your answer:
2

Discuss the following questions.

3

Glossary

4

Watch the video about body language and answer the questions.

5

Watch the video again. Fill in the gaps to complete the summary.

6

Jonas has a job presentation tomorrow and needs advice on how to use body language effectively. Read the suggestions he received and decide if the following statements are True or False.

7

Have you ever given a presentation? Did you practice you body language? Read these opinions. Which one do you relate to most and why?