Friday 28th
- Today we will continue with chapter 10, which concerns cultures and traditions around the world. We will focus more specifically on dating and romance. First of all we will watch the following video about dating customs, and discuss the conversation questions in pairs.
What Dating Is Like Around The World
- What are the most common ways for people to meet potential dates nowadays, and how much do these differ from the past?
- What is a typical first date in Spain?
- Is it a man’s responsibility to ask a woman out? If you’re a woman, have you asked a man out on a first date?
- Who should pay on a date? What do you think about going dutch (splitting the bill evenly)?
- Is it okay to date several people at the same time?
- Is it important to date many people before getting married? Is it better to be with one person for your entire life?
- We will then look at page 126 of the coursebook and learn about how to use words and phrases that express reason, result and purpose. We will listen to the conversation about marriage and categorise the expressions according to their function. We will also watch the Grammar on the move video and work through any doubts. Students will then complete exercises 4 and 5 in pairs.
- We will then discuss what personality traits are generally seen to be desirable in a friend or partner, and look at the following adjectives to describe personality. We will also complete the listening part 4 task.
- Moving on we will look at the following part 1 Use of English task which centres on the topic of being single, as well as a part 2 exam practice on happiness.
Homework:
- Complete the reading part 6 task on pages 128-129
- Complete the essay task on page 129
- C1 exam practice
