Unit 3. Becoming independent. Lesson 4. Speaking

SKILLS
SPEAKING
Finding information
Getting around on your own
Coping with loneliness:
General housekeeping:
Health and hygiene:
Problem solving:
Interpersonal communication:
tìm thông tin
tự mình đi đây đi đó
đương đầu với nỗi cô đơn
công việc nhà nói chung
sức khỏe và vệ sinh
giải quyết khó khăn
giao tiếp giữa người với người
Vocabulary
Finding information
Getting around on your own
Coping with loneliness:
General housekeeping:
Health and hygiene:
Problem solving:
Interpersonal communication:
tìm thông tin
tự mình đi đây đi đó
đương đầu với nỗi cô đơn
công việc nhà nói chung
sức khỏe và vệ sinh
giải quyết khó khăn
giao tiếp giữa người với người
Checking vocabulary
1. The table below presents the skills teens need to develop in order to become independent, and the reasons why those skills are necessary. Work in pairs. Discuss and match the skills with the appropriate reasons.
Skills you need to be independent






a. Activities such as doing the laundry or cleaning the house are important daily routines.
b. You gain confidence in your ability to make good decisions and don`t avoid issues.
c. You communicate effectively and get along well with people around you.
d. You think independently and make informed decisions.
e. Lacking these skills may make you feel depressed and you may make the wrong decisions about your life.
f. You don`t depend on others to go to places and take responsibility for being late.
g. Keeping your body healthy and clean will make you feel happy and more confident.
2. Lan and Minh are talking about what they think are the most important skills they need in order to be independent. Use the words in the box to complete their conversation. Then practise it in pairs.


Lan: Minh, which of the life skills do you think are the most important?
Minh: In my opinion, coping with (1)_____________ is the most important skill.
Lan: Really? Why do you think so?
Minh: Because lacking this skill may make me feel depressed and I may make the wrong (2) ______________ about my life. What about you? Which of the skills are the most important for you?
Lan: (3)_______________________ skills. Because they can help me to (4) ________________ effectively and get along well with people around me.
loneliness
decisions
communicate
interpersonal communication
3. If you want to be independent, which of the skills in 1 are the most important for you? Work in pairs. Use the ideas in 1 to have a similar conversation as the one in 2.
1. Finding information: You think independently and make informed decisions.
2. Getting around on your own: You don`t depend on others to go to places and take responsibility for being late.
3. Coping with loneliness: Lacking these skills may make you feel depressed and you may make the wrong decisions about your life.
4. General housekeeping: Activities such as doing the laundry or cleaning the house are important daily routines.
5. Health and hygiene: Keeping your body healthy and clean will make you feel happy and more confident.
6. Problem solving: You gain confidence in your ability to make good decisions and don`t avoid issues.
7. Interpersonal communication: You communicate effectively and get along well with people around you.
Teo: Ti, which of the life skills do you think are the most important?
Ti: In my opinion, problem solving is the most important skill.
Teo: Really? Why do you think so?
Ti: Because if you can solve all problems in life successfully, you will gain confidence in your ability to make good decisions and don`t avoid issues. What about you? Which of the skills are the most important for you?
Teo: I suppose interpersonal communication skills. Because they can help me to communicate effectively and get along well with people around me.
Speaking models
A
B: There are so many skills that we need in order to become independent. Which of them are the most important for you, Vy?
A: Yes, I agree, there are so many of them. But the most important skill for me is to be able to get my own information.
B: Really? Why do you think so?
A: Because having a lot of information keeps me from being a follower and helps me to think more independently. And what about you?
B: Well, you know, in my opinion, healthy and hygiene skills are the most important. I feel more confident when I am healthy and presentable.
A: Oh, really? I`ve never thought about that, but I think you are right.
B
Speaking models
HOMEWORK
- Learn the new words by heart.
- Make similar conversation like activity 2. Practice it and then act it out to the class in the next period.
- Do exercise D1, 2 page 23 in workbook.
- Prepare: SKILLS - LISTENING (page 35)
Thank you very much
for your attention !
Good bye !