Mind and Psychology ESL Lessons and Worksheets
30 worksheets, 32 lessons, 8 vocabulary decks and 6 shadowing scripts · The world today
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Mind & psychology worksheets
30 printable worksheets with answer keys; the 24 most used, easiest level first.
Mind & psychology lessons
32 ready lessons for the four skills: teach on the board, set online or print.
Mind & psychology vocabulary
8 word decks with meanings, examples and pronunciation: flip, quiz, print as flashcards or play as a game.
Mind & psychology shadowing
Listen, repeat, record and compare: short scripts for pronunciation and fluency.
About Mind & psychology
Psychology topics are fascinating for learners because they are about themselves: how we think, remember, decide and feel. They provide engaging reading and listening texts, lend themselves to surveys and experiments, and generate natural, personal discussion.
Younger and A1 to A2 learners explore simple ideas such as feelings, dreams, memory games and good habits, using present simple and can. B1 learners read about habits, motivation and personality tests, giving advice and using first conditionals. B2 to C2 learners discuss cognitive biases, decision-making, the psychology of persuasion, happiness and wellbeing, using hedging, speculative modals and abstract nouns.
On this page you will find printable worksheets, ready-to-teach lessons and vocabulary flashcard decks on the mind and psychology.
Teaching tips: Mind & psychology
- Start with a short memory test or optical illusion to hook learners before a reading text.
- Use personality quizzes for question practice, but remind learners that quiz results are just for fun.
- Teach hedging language (research suggests, it seems that) so learners can report psychological findings accurately.
- Let learners discuss psychological ideas in general terms rather than asking them to reveal personal experiences.
Questions teachers ask
Is psychology too difficult for lower levels?
No, as long as the focus is concrete, such as memory games, habits and simple feelings; abstract concepts suit B2 and above.
What vocabulary goes with psychology at advanced level?
Words such as bias, perception, motivation, subconscious and wellbeing, and collocations such as make a decision, form a habit and boost your mood.
How is this different from the Feelings topic?
Feelings focuses on emotion vocabulary, while Mind and psychology looks at how the mind works: memory, habits, decisions and behavior.