Videoconferencing: tips and tricks

The main goals of this ESL lesson plan are to:

• – Learn videoconferencing vocabulary including “etiquette,” “multitask,” and “mute” while exploring online meeting behavior in this A2 English lesson.
• – Review Present Continuous through structure practice and application exercises for adult English lessons.
• – Watch comedy videos about conference calls and discuss appropriate online behavior using these English teaching materials.

In this A2 English lesson, the student will learn and practice vocabulary related to videoconferencing etiquette. They will also review the Present Continuous.

Warm-up

The student chooses the correct associations to the word videoconferencing.

Video: Conference call in real life

The student first gets familiar with the words that will be used in the video (etiquette, multitask, mute, etc.). Before watching the video, they read about videoconference etiquette tips. 

Next, they watch Conference call in real life and tick the examples of inappropriate video etiquette they saw in the video. Then, they read more about videoconferencing and decide if the statements based on the text are true or false.

Grammar: Present Continuous

The student reviews the structure and use of Present Continuous and then puts their knowledge into practice.

The lesson ends with a few wrap-up questions related to videoconferencing etiquette and the use of Present Continuous.