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Goals / Objectives

Time to speak English

Goals

Goal 1

Goal 4

Review

LISTENING COMPREHENSION

Goal 3

NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS

Review

10 min

USED TO

TO BE USEDT TO

Let's make a quick review of yesterday's class.

SHORT FILM

LISTEN AND LEARN

New vocabulary?

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20 min

It's time to speak english!

TWO LITTLE ONES

Indicaciones:

• Pair up and practice this example at least 5 times each role

A: I'm worried.

B: Worried about what?

A: I'm getting married.

B: You should be happy, not worried.

A: I am happy, but marriage is a lot of responsibility.

B: Yes, you have to take care of your wife.

A: And I have to take care of our children.

B: Are you going to start a family?

A: Yes. We want to have a little boy and a little girl.

B: That sounds wonderful.

A: Except we can't afford it!

B: No wonder you're worried.

40 min

NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS

Enero conlleva muchas cosas: la vuelta al trabajo o al cole tras las esperadas vacaciones, el sentimiento de haberse excedido durante las fiestas (como nos confirma la cintura de los pantalones) y, por supuesto, el nuevo año.

Es el momento en que tradicionalmente nos hacemos propósitos de qué vamos a hacer para mejorar el mundo y a nosotros mismos en el año que empieza

HELP US READ

40 min

VOCABULARY

ACTIVITY TIME

LISTENING COMPREHENSION

1. over the ________________ twelve months

2. _________________professor

3. usually the _________________________resolutions

4. not ______________________

5. from the __________________________ year

6. the years ______________to that

7. the most ________________vows

8. ___________________to help others

9. eating ___________________food

10. stick to our _______________promises

11. because of a lack of _______________________

12. _____________________clause

READING:

The start of every New Year is when we all make plans to change our life for the better over the forthcoming twelve months. Psychiatry professor Jayashri Kulkarni says: "January 1 is a 'magical' date and a vow made on this day is much more powerful than one made on August 26, for example." So, we all make a list of things to quit, start or change. Unfortunately, most of these promises are, more often than not, broken by January 31st. They are usually the identical resolutions that were not fulfilled from the previous year, and the years prior to that. The website usa.gov says people, "tend to make the same resolutions year after year, even though they have a hard time sticking to them".

Research shows 45 per cent of us make a New Year’s resolution. The most common vows include losing weight, volunteering to help others, quitting smoking, saving money, and getting fit. Others include eating healthier food, drinking less alcohol, and going on a trip. However, research also shows that most of us are not so good at sticking to these. A study from the University of Scranton reveals that 71 per cent of us stick to our annual promises for the first two weeks; six months later, less than 50 percent are still on track to keep their resolutions. Most people who give up on their resolutions do so because of a lack of willpower and the use of the 'escape clause' that they will 'try again next year'.