Listening for Inference · B1+ · What Multitasking Does to Your Brain | No-Prep ESL Listening Lesson

A ready-to-teach B1+ listening lesson on inference, built around a free 3-minute BBC Ideas animation that asks whether we can really multitask.

The video never says don't multitask; viewers work the message out from examples, which makes it ideal for reading between the lines. Students predict, match key words, then watch once for the speaker's main message and audience, and again to answer inference questions and name the clue (word choice, examples, contrasts, tone). They notice can, can't and it's possible to… in short quotes, race in teams, and discuss whether we can really do two things at once.

What's inside (one PDF):

• 12 colourful slides to project, with answer keys straight after each activity
• 4-page A4 exercise sheet: teacher's notes, answer key and a 2-page student worksheet
• Prediction, key words, two-step video tasks with an inference strategy, notice-it grammar, team race and group discussion
• Links to the free video (no download needed); the worksheet works even without it
• Easier and Harder options, an online tip, an exit ticket and free homework links

Level: B1+ · Time: 60–75 minutes · Prep: play the video from the link and test the sound. Print, project and teach.

Facts are sourced, with full references.

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