Unit 3. Becoming independent. Lesson 3. Reading

SKILLS
READING
to strive (+for):
siblings (n)
time-management skills (n)
self-esteem (n)
to approach
app (n)
mobile device (n)
to prioritise
be at a loss (exp)
routines (n)
Vocabulary
cố gắng (để có/đạt được)
anh/chị em ruột
kỹ năng quản lý thời gian
= self-respect
= to come near
short for ‘application’
thiết bị di động
ưu tiên
lúng túng, bối rối
nhật trình, thói quen hằng ngày
to strive (+for):
siblings (n)
time-management skills (n)
self-esteem (n)
to approach
app (n)
mobile device (n)
to prioritise
be at a loss (exp)
routines (n)
Checking vocabulary
cố gắng (để có/đạt được)
anh/chị em ruột
kỹ năng quản lý thời gian
= self-respect
= to come near
short for ‘application’
thiết bị di động
ưu tiên
lúng túng, bối rối
nhật trình, thói quen hằng ngày
Time-management skills
Have you ever forgotten to do your homework?
Do you often have to struggle to meet deadlines?
How do you manage your time?
1. Work with a partner, ask and answer the questions below.
2. Read the text and select the statement that expresses its main idea.
Being independent is being able to take care of yourself, and not having to rely on anyone else. That is what many young people strive for. However, the ability to live independently does not develop naturally: you need a number of life skills to stop relying on your parents and older siblings. Among those skills, time management is probably the most important one. With good time-management skills, you can build your confidence and self-esteem. These skills will also help you to perform your daily tasks, including your responsibilities at school and at home. If you can use your time wisely, you will not feel very stressed when exam dates are approaching. You can act more independently and responsibly, get better grades at school and have more time for your family and friends.
Time-management skills are not difficult to develop. First, make plans for the things you need to do on a planner or an app on your mobile device. Organise them in a schedule so that they can be checked later. Figure out how much time you will need for each of the things, and then put time limits on them. Second, prioritise your activities. If you have so much to do in a day or a week, you may be at a loss as to how to fit everything in. So decide what is important to you and give it the most of your time or add it to the top of your list. Third, develop routines, because once routines are developed, they take less time to do.
Time-management skills cannot be developed in one day. However, when you have them, they can help you to become independent.
2. Read the text and select the statement that expresses its main idea.
You need important life skills to become independent.
Good time-management skills help you to build your confidence and self-esteem.
Time-management skills are not difficult to develop.
Mastering time-management skills has many benefits and there are three steps to develop them.
3. Read the text again. Decide whether the sentences are true (T), false (F), or not given (NG).



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4. Answer the following questions.
What are the benefits of having good time- management skills?
How can you make plans for the things you need to do?
Why should you schedule the things you need to do?
How can you prioritise your activities?
Why should you develop routines?
4. Answer the following questions.
What are the benefits of having good time- management skills?
With good time-management skills, you don`t feel very stressed when exam dates are approaching; you can act more independently and responsibly, get better grades at school and have more time for family and friends.
2. How can you make plans for the things you need to do?
Write the things I will have to do on a planner or an app on my mobile device, and put time limits on them.
Once routines are developed, they take less time to do.
3. Why should you schedule the things you need to do?

4. How can you prioritise your activities?


5. Why should you develop routines?
So I can check them later.
Decide what is important to me and give it the most of my time or add it to the top of my list.
Which of the time-management skills mentioned in the text do you have?



Which do you need to develop?
5. Work in groups. Discuss the questions.
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Make plans for the things you need to do.
Prioritise your activities.
Develop routines.
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CONSOLIDATION
A. Listen to the first part of the talk about time management. Answer the questions.
1. What is “time management”?


2. Who is Robert?


3. What is Robert’s problem?
Time management is about how you manage your time.
He`s a manager at a bank.
He has a lot of work to do, and he can never finish everything.
Time Management, Inc.
Name: Robert Doherty.
Journal for: Thursday, March 17
8:30 arrived at work / read and answered e-mail.
____ checked the business news on the Internet.
9:15 read the sports news.
____ went to a coffee shop (waited ten minutes).
10:00 met Sue Porter / talked about her car problem.
____ got back to the office / helped Jim with a new computer program.
11:00
B. Listen to the second part of the talk again. Fill in the missing times in Robert`s journal.
9:00
9:30
10:15
still had not done any of his own work!
Part 1: Today we`re talking about time management. Time management is about how you manage your time. A lot of people don`t use their time very well. Let`s look at an example. I have a friend. Let`s say his name is Robert. He`s a manager at a bank. Robert has a problem with time. He has a lot of work to do, and he can never finish everything. He says he doesn`t have time. Now, if you look at Robert`s time journal for last Thursday morning, March l7th, you`ll see why he has a problem.
AUDIO SCRIPT
Part 2: Last Thursday Robert arrived at work at 8:30. He sat down and turned on the computer. He read and answered his e-mail messages for about 30 minutes. At 9:00 he checked the business news on the Internet. But he didn`t just read the business news. He read the sports news too. He found some interesting information about his favorite basketball team. After that he wanted some coffee. He left the office at 9:30 and went to a coffee shop a few blocks away. That took some time. On the way back, he met a colleague. He talked to her about a problem she had with her car. It was 10:15 before he got back to the office. Then an employee asked Robert about a problem with his computer program. So Robert spent 45 minutes helping him. At 11:00 Robert still had not done any of his own work! And we all have days like this!
HOMEWORK
- Learn the new words by heart.
- Read the passage again.
- Do exercise C1, 2, 3 page 21-22 in workbook.
- Prepare: SKILLS - SPEAKING (page 35)
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ENGLISH 11
By: Le Viet Phu
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