Who are you?

The main goals of this ESL lesson plan are to:

• – analyze how identity influences personal stories, using advanced vocabulary to describe oneself beyond basic labels;

• – strengthen students’ language skills with gap-fill exercises and discussions about common ways people define themselves;

• – identify key points from a video titled “Identity Crisis: Why Defining Yourself by Your Career Is a Problem”.

In this B2 ESL lesson plan, students will analyze how identity shapes personal stories, using advanced language to describe themselves beyond simple labels.

Warm-up: 

Students use their existing knowledge to identify which statements about identity they think are true.

Video: 

Students identify the key information in a video titled “Identity Crisis: Why Defining Yourself by Your Career Is a Problem.”

Exercises: 

Students complete gap-fill exercises using a word bank. In the second activity, they draw cards and discuss how they think people tend to identify themselves.

Reading: 

Students read a short text about how people define themselves, then check their understanding with some comprehension questions.

Discussion: 

Students express their ideas while discussing thought-provoking questions about identity.