remind you.
You will never have to make a decision about your life and your future.
Cons:
You don’t learn to organise your own life.
You rely on your parent too much.
You cannot organise your own free time because your parent has made arrangements.
You have to check with your parent before making arrangements.
You feel like a child and don’t learn to be an adult.
You have no chance to make mistakes and learn through them.
4.4Now make three groups, one pro group, one con group and one jury who has to decide who has the better idea. You can refer to the ideas in the following box. You can start like this:
Pro group: It is good to have a parent who organizes your life because …
Con group: Yes, but …
Ideas to help you have a discussion:
That is a good point but ...
But you must remember that ...
On the one hand ... but on the other hand ...
I disagree because ...
But don’t forget that ...
4.5Directions: Role-play. Work in groups of four. Write a dialogue
for the four characters in the story. Practice your dialogue in your group. Now you can perform it for the class. Perhaps somebody can film it and the class can give you some feedback on your performance.
Making appointments and apologizing
4.6 Directions: Listen to the recording and find out why Mandy
has to see the doctor.
Mandy has to see the doctor because she thinks she has a broken finger.
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