Brian’s Intermediate/Advanced ESL Teaching Corner: Overthinking

Description: Students will learn about what it means to overthink. They will look at two examples of situations in which two characters overthink. Students will analyze the situation and discuss whether they’ve ever experienced something similar. At the end, students will discuss the pros and cons of overthinking.
Age range: Upper elementary – middle school, adult
Level: Upper intermediate – advanced ESL student
VIPKID equivalent: level 6-8
Vocabulary: overthink, indecisive, ground

Course Information

Difficulty: Advanced, Intermediate

Categories: English as a Second Language, Reading (ESL), Vocabulary

Tags: ESL

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Overthinking

Students will learn about what it means to overthink. They will look at two examples of situations in which two characters overthink. Students will analyze the situation and discuss whether they’ve ever experienced something similar. At the end, students will discuss the pros and cons of overthinking.

This lesson is part of the Pros & Cons curriculum.

If you enjoy this lesson please check out the other lessons in the series as well.

All my lessons are catered towards upper intermediate and advanced students. Every lesson in the pros and cons curriculum has been tested on with multiple students. These lessons were made based on parent expectations: conversation-based, maximizing student output, open-ended questions, and something along the lines of debate.

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Brian Erovick Author

Some may know me as Sunny’s teacher or the teacher that posted funny/random videos on Instagram. I’ve been an educator since 2011. I taught with VIPKID for 5 years (17000 classes). I was represented in VIPKID’s 7th year anniversary. All my lessons are catered towards upper intermediate and advanced students. Every lesson in the pros and cons curriculum has been tested on with multiple students. These lessons were made based on parent expectations: conversation-based, maximizing student output, open-ended questions, and something along the lines of debate.

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Brian Erovick

I love making my own lessons that are catered towards the interest of my students. When I think of my own language learning experiences, I really enjoy learning through comic books and cartoons. I try to bring those elements into my lessons while still keeping them challenging at the same time.