Mental Health and Wellbeing

B1 · Intermediate47 minConversation StartersLesson 9 of 9 · Outline

Aims

Goal: talk about stress and wellbeing openly and carefully — language for describing feelings, responding with care, and giving gentle advice.

The lesson, stage by stage

  1. Warm up5 min

    Warm-up: Checking in

    2 warm-up questions

  1. Reading10 min

    Reading: Let's Talk About Mental Health

    Read a 330-word text about Let's Talk About Mental Health

  2. Vocabulary8 min

    Vocabulary: Key Vocabulary

    6 items

  3. Practice7 min

    Practice: Mental Health Language

    Gap-fill exercise, 5 items

  4. Practice7 min

    Practice: Fix the Mistakes

    Error-correction exercise, 5 items

  5. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: A careful conversation

    6 discussion questions

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Target vocabulary

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