New Year's Resolutions
ESL Lesson PlansNew Year's Resolutions

New Year's Resolutions

This interactive ESL lesson plan helps adult B1 learners practice listening and speaking skills. Through video-based comprehension, vocabulary matching, gap-filling, and group discussions, students explore the theme of New Year’s resolutions. The lesson encourages learners to reflect on goal-setting, describe ambitions, and exchange ideas in a collaborative setting. A perfect way to start the year with engaging, relatable exercises!

Skills

  • Can catch the main points in TV programs on familiar topics when the delivery is relatively slow and clear.
  • Can describe dreams, hopes and ambitions.
Online Interactive
Based on CEFR
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1

Discuss the following questions in pairs.

1
Do you make New Year's resolutions every year?
2
What is a resolution you have made in the past?
3
Why do people make resolutions at the start of the year?
4
Do you think it is important to set goals for yourself?
2

Match the following words to their definitions.

3

Watch the video and answer the questions.

4

Complete the statements with the missing words and phrases. Watch the video again to check your answers.

5

Look at the list of resolutions with gaps. In teams, discuss the possible missing words and be ready to share them with the rest of the group.

6

Make your New Year's resolutions.

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