Advice Needed
This B1 lesson teaches students how to ask for and give advice using videos from motivational speaker Jay Shetty. Students learn vocabulary like count on, earn a living, grateful, and pretend, then watch three short clips about self-love, finding your place, and opening doors. Activities include creating mini-stories with word pairs, filling in missing words from videos, and role-playing an advice hotline.
Lesson overview
- Learn advice-related vocabulary
- Watch three Jay Shetty videos about self-love, going where you’re welcomed, and trying everything to find your path
- Practice giving strong, soft, and conditional advice using phrases like If I were you and Have you thought about
- Role-play an advice hotline where callers describe problems and experts give suggestions using target vocabulary
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| Level | Vocabulary | Video Length | Lesson Time |
| B1 / Intermediate | 8 words | 0:18 min, 0:24 min, 0:34 min | 60 min |
Vocabulary
- to count on
- to earn a living
- to get an education
- to pretend
- to receive
- a goal
- to remain
- grateful
Contents
- Lead-in 1
- Lead-in 2
- Vocabulary Match
- Vocabulary Practice
- Videos
- Discussion
- Language Focus
- Agony Aunt
- Extra Activity
Start with the lead-in questions about who students ask for advice and the best advice they received. Question 4 about giving bad advice usually gets funny stories. Then do the two-minute speaking task. Students pick one prompt about someone they know and talk, like someone who gave good advice or always solves problems alone. Move to vocabulary matching with eight terms. After checking answers, students create mini-stories using word pairs like “count on plus grateful” or “goal plus remain.” This reinforces meaning through creative use.
The video preview introduces Jay Shetty. Video 1 is 18 seconds about asking yourself if you’re loving yourself when you do things. Students fill in five blanks while watching. Video 2 features Michelle Obama talking about going where you’re celebrated. Students answer three questions about the advice given. Video 3 shows Jay describing advice to open all doors. Students number five events from the story in correct order. After all three videos, discuss the six questions about self-love, feeling welcome, and being grateful for advice.
The giving advice table has four columns: strong, soft, conditional, and empathy phrases. Students complete it with expressions like “You should,” “Maybe you could,” and “I understand how you feel.” Then apply these to three practice problems about work-life balance, friendship trouble, and roommate issues. Students give advice for each using the phrases from the table. End with the advice hotline role-play. One student is the caller with a problem, the other is the advice expert. Callers describe dilemmas using target vocabulary while experts listen, ask questions, and give two to three pieces of advice. After two minutes, callers switch to new experts with different problems.
