This flipped-classroom lesson is ideal for Valentine’s Day classes yet works just as effectively all year round. It offers the right balance of structure and flexibility for confident B1 learners ready to engage in discussion, as well as B2 students who enjoy cultural and film-based topics. Through the theme of romantic comedies, students develop speaking skills while exploring useful vocabulary and expressions such as sudden realization, to end up together, to talk some sense into somebody, to be destined to be together, and many more.
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lesson overview
This B1–B2 ESL lesson explores the question “Are rom-coms dead?” through a video and engaging speaking tasks that invite learners to reflect on romantic comedies, modern relationships, and changing attitudes to love. Students work with topic-based vocabulary and accessible expressions such as commitment issues, a rocky start, call it off, happily ever after, (and many more!) while developing fluency through guided discussions, prediction tasks, and creative speaking activities. The user-friendly digital format allows easy navigation in presentation mode with just a click of the spacebar, requiring no additional software.
Target Audience:
- Level: B1-B2 (Intermediate to Upper-Intermediate)
- Best for: Adults and older teens
Content Breakdown:
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- Before Class: watch the video and answer the questions
- In-Class Warm-Up: post-video discussion
- Number Matching: check your memory
- Collocations Practice: match the parts
- Meaning Matching: explore new vocabulary
- Fill-in-the-Gaps and Guess the Rom-Com
- Create Your Own Rom-Com: storytelling practice
- Final Discussion: pick a question fro your speaking partner
HOMEWORK (Extra Language Immersion):
Watch & Reflect:
Learners watch a romantic movie scene and discuss possible plot lines utilizing lesson’s vocabulary.