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LESSON PLAN FOR ENGLISH TEACHERS

STRESS RELIEF

LinguaHouse
Sep. 22, 2023

Level: Upper-Intermediate (B2-C1)
Type of English: Business English
Tags: Problems at Work; Challenges; Describing Feelings and Behavior; 16-18 Years Old; 18+ Years Old; Article Based; Video Talk; Vocabulary Lesson
Publication date: 09/22/2023

This lesson looks at stress relief and focuses on a number of strategies to help people deal with stress on their own. Students will watch a segment of a TED Talk which uses humor to deal with stress and then they will read an article that introduces some practical tips. Throughout the lesson, learners will be introduced to new and interesting vocabulary and will be given opportunities to share their opinions with their classmates (by Peter Clarkin)

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VIDEO TRANSCRIPT

Karyn Buxman: I want you to think about the last time you had a really good laugh. Same sea of blank faces I see from coast to coast. We’re going, we’re going to do a little research because boy AQ is all about research and education.
And so, what we’re going to do here is on the count of three if you’re physically able I’ll ask you to stand, if not do this from a seated position.
But on the count of three, stand and then facing me I want you to just take a deep breath and then I want you to put the shape of a smile on your face for the purpose of this research, this does not have to be a real smile okay?
I will give you one last set of instructions and then you can sit down and groan loudly and we will give you the reasons for this research. All right count of three, one two three stand, take a deep breath. Now put the shape of a smile on your face and I need to see teeth I don’t care if they’re yours, okay. Now last set of instructions, turn and make eye contact with a victim to your left or right, and now sit down groaning loudly “ah”. This is great, this is great, all right.
Two things here, one, now everybody has a tool if you had to leave right this minute and please don’t but if you had to leave right now you would have a tool. The next time you go back to work and you’re sitting at your desk and you think if one more person puts one more thing on my desk I’m going to have to snatch him bald-headed.
Now all you have to do is facing your entryway doorway or hallway sitting or standing just do this... because the next person to walk in and see you looking like this, they’re going to know that now is not the time to bother you.
You can play with your pain, you can be intentional. Doing little exercises here’s another one that you may have known you just forgot you knew it. Hold out your right thumb forefinger about an inch apart, close your left eye, now find someone’s head across the room, bring your thumb and forefinger together and squish. They don’t even know they were hit, oh. It’s amazing, it’s amazing.

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