Video Lessons

A B2 lesson on creativity and craft, built on Jimmy Page's account of writing Stairway to Heaven. Students collect phrasal verbs and collocations for describing how something is created, predict how the song came together, then listen to Page explain the design behind its slow build.

A B2 lesson on reading habits, built on a BBC Ideas video in which writers and researchers talk about what reading does for us and what happens when we read on screens. Students learn phrases for describing how we read, predict the benefits of reading, then check what the researchers found about paper and screens.

A B2 lesson on sleep and what happens without it, built on a TED-Ed animation. Students learn phrases for talking about tiredness and its effects, predict what happened to a teenager who stayed awake for 11 days, then find out how the brain clears itself out while we sleep.

A B2 Business English lesson on speaking in public, built on a TED-Ed animation. Students learn phrases for nerves and for giving a good talk, find out what happens in the body when we speak in front of others, then use the video's tips to plan presentations, pitches and interviews at work.