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12D Skills enhancement Part I Reading

By Tamar Weiss

“I spend too much time writing out the answers for the ﬁ ﬁrst questions, then I run out of time.”

“I understand the text, but can’t ﬁ ﬁnd the right words for the answers.”

B Put the words or expressions into the right column.

Useful if you agree with the statement

2 Now work on your own to do the exercise. Read the questions ﬁrst. Then read the text. Write your answers in note form.

1 What three things do parents dislike about pictures their children put up in their rooms?

2 Do you jot down other words that could be useful in writing about this subject? 3 Do you write a first fi draft? 4 Discuss what you find fi most diffi ficult about writing an essay. (to) damage (to) show some improvement damaging (to) object to objectionable an aid beneficial unobjectionable hurtful a detriment (to) (to) work to the detriment of (to) help with helpful (to) do a disservice to (to) impair (to) improve (to) promote a disadvantage useful unhelpful (to) assist (to) enhance

4 Can parents change the way teenagers behave?

1 CONTENT (what you say: is it interesting? Do you say enough about it to let the reader understand your points?) 2 LANGUAGE (the way you say it: is it easy and clear to read? Is the grammar reasonably correct? Do you use a rich variety of appropriate vocabulary? For a formal essay, remember: do not use shortened words – write: do not, NOT don’t, cannot, NOT can’t, is not, NOT isn’t, etc., and, especially: do not know, NOT dunno!!!) 3 ORGANISATION/LAYOUT (the structure of the essay: is the development of your ideas clear? Do your ideas follow one another in a logical manner or do they jump from one thing to another?)

“Kids today have an impossible standard of ‘look great, be cool, act cool now and at any expense,’” says Bettie B. Youngs, Ph.D., author of the “Taste Berries for Teens” series. “Today’s teens need to hear from each other that it’s OK to look great, be cool and act cool, but the standards for it, and the time table in which it must be done, are not at the expense of mental or physical well-being.”

5 What two things can reduce the inﬂuence ﬂ that the media have upon young people? 6 Who is in the best position to reassure teenagers that they don’t have to follow trends if they don’t wish to?

8 Next class: Work with a partner. Read each other’s drafts. Tell each other:

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What is the thing you like best about your partner’s draft? Is it clear? Do the ideas follow each other in a logical way? Is there a clear introduction? Is there a conclusion? Is the language reasonably accurate? Are there some sentences that you can help your partner to improve?

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It is possible for the media to have less effect on teens than parents may fear. “If a young person has emotional/psychological security as well as open lines of communication with parents, the actual inﬂ ﬂuence is minimal,” Taublieb says.

3 What in the role models attracts teenagers?

7 Write your draft..

5 The three important aspects of an essay are:

“My kids seem to go with what’s trendy,” Lachterman says. “I know I can’t win every battle. I just try to ﬁgure out what I can and can’t compromise on and I try to stick to those decisions.”

2 What are the two main inﬂ ﬂuences on the behaviour of teenagers?

Useful if you disagree with the statement

ra n't amb ise ts do n ition studeneducatio value INFLUENCE encourage students to stay at school OF CELEBRITY stud en CULTURE work ts don't drug hard anti- ign mpa caam

NEGATIVE

Do you agree or disagree with the statement? Support your opinion.

Whatever the reasoning may be for a child choosing a particular role model, parents may be faced with an uphill battle if they don’t like what they see. “Television and media make it really hard for parents,” says Ilona Lachterman, mother of three teenagers. “I want certain standards in my family, and pressure from TV and peer pressure work against me sometimes. I try to draw the line at some point when I vehemently disagree with a mode of dress or behaviour,” she says. “Yet at the same time I try to compromise so that my kids don’t stand out too much.”

B Join a small group and compare the problems you ticked or added. Write one sentence of advice for each one.

• A net plan? For example:

Celebrity culture is harmful for teenage students.

In Taublieb’s experience, many teens choose models for themselves who they see as having particular characteristics that they, the teens, are lacking. For example, a teen who perceives herself as unattractive may choose a supermodel as a role model. When a parent feels there is something wrong with the role model their child has chosen, the parent needs to try to ﬁgure out what the teen is trying to compensate for by choosing that model, then address that issue directly with the teen.”

My problem:

A Introduction: why should celebrity culture be harmful at all? B First section: reasons for considering it to be harmful C Second section: reasons for thinking that it could also be positive D Conclusion: my own conclusion about the topic …

4 A Look back at your notes for Unit 12B, exercise 4. You will use them to write an essay (180–200 words) on this topic:

“Children choose models for themselves very early,” says Dr. Amy Beth Taublieb, a clinical psychologist in Buffalo, NY. “The type of models changes as children grow and develop.

“I always like to write complete sentences, but that’s not the right thing for short answers, it seems.”

1 Do you start by making a plan? What kind of a plan? • A vertical plan? For example:

Part II Writing

Clearly the personalities that teens today model themselves after are a far cry from the ones that were popular with their parents. Yet with the television and media exposure and peer pressure that teens are faced with, it’s no wonder that they dress, act, and look the way they do.

6 Join a small group. Talk about the ﬁrst steps you take when you start to write an essay.

B Go through the text together, and tell each other what words you found difficult. With your group, help each other to find ways of understanding the overall meaning of sentences with difficult words in them.

Walk into your teenager’s room and you are likely to come across posters of teen idols wearing too much makeup and too little clothing. You may spot an item of your child’s clothing lying around and you wonder, “How did I ever let my kid purchase such a thing?”

3 A Join a partner or a small group and compare your answers. Discuss what you found easy or difﬁcult ﬁ in the texts or in answering the questions.

Model Behavior:

Today’s Teens and the Role Models They Choose

POSITIVE

1 A You are going to practise both reading skills and writing skills in this activity. Read this list of particular problems that a student could experience when trying to write short answers showing reading comprehension. Tick 9 any that you think might apply to you. Then add any problems you yourself have had, or might have.

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9 Note your partner’s comments. Then, for homework, rewrite a ‘fair draft’ of your essay. Write it carefully and clearly. When you have ﬁnished, proofread it carefully. Pay attention to grammar: are the subjects and verbs right for each other? Are the verb tenses correct? Can you check spelling? 10 Hand in your essay and relax!

4 In the UK, as in the US, obesity (being too fat) and inactivity (not doing enough physical exercise) are the main threats to health. Here are some statistics from the UK National Health Service (the NHS). With a partner, guess the numbers.

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Only out of 10 people do enough exercise, but out of 10 think they do. people If present habits continue, by 2020 one in will not ﬁt in a standard ofﬁce chair. % of coronary heart disease deaths are related to % related to smoking. inactivity, compared with

5 A The NHS is worried about the inactivity of British teenagers, and has recommended these 10 fun ways for teenagers to get ﬁt. Match the photos and the activities.

karate football climbing paintball basketball hockey mountain biking

orienteering dancing skateboarding

Priloga k učbeniku ponuja: • • • •

dvojezično razlago slovnice s primeri rabe in poudarkom na razlikah med angleščino in slovenščino, seznam nepravilnih glagolov, seznam fonetičnih simbolov, dvojezični slovarček izrazov iz učbenika z izgovarjavo.

B Join a partner. A: read the instruction card on page 139. B: read the instruction card on page 140.

6 A Divide into ﬁve groups. Watch a dance exercise video. You are going to hear instructions for ﬁve moves. Each group will write the instructions for one move. Before you start, look at the notes below: these are the key words for each move. Decide who will be responsible for completing the instruction with each one.

Move 1: Move 2: Move 3: Move 4: Move 5: 9

point turn start go up jump

NDITIONAL CLAUSE 1199 CON Form

main clause

iff clause

turn swing take put click push bring tap ﬂick push jump step move

al c zero condition ﬁrst cconditional

Present Simple Present Simple

seconnd conditional thirdd conditional

Past Simple Past Perfect

Present Simple willl + verb would/couldd + verb participle wouldd + have + past

rst or with iff can come ﬁ Thhe part beginning . If it comes ﬁrst, a seecond in the sentence before the main clause. ccomma must be used no comma is used. Iff it comes second,

na koncu ǟ U 16A – stoji na začetku ali football striker (n) IȐWEǚɏO VWUDǰNǟ Pogojni odvisnik lahko vejico c začetku, moramo uporabiti povedi. Če stoji na vejica ǟUHǰW 16B – ustv variti Če pa stoji na koncu,generate (v) pred glavnim stavkom.

if nott), also use unlesss (= IInstead of iff you can condition that ... pprovided that ..., on

B Do you feel like trying the moves? Have fun!

grasp (v) hint (n) unless o tudi in the face of veznika iff lahko uporabljam

ni potrebna.

Namesto that ... that ..., on condition (= if nott), provided

Use Us

Grammar an d Vocabulary Booklet

19a Zero condition

ts used for general statemen Zero conditional is events always true) or for (something that is happen under certain and actions that always n can when type of conditional conditions. In this iff be used instead of

playy video games. I pl have any homework, don’tt ha If I don melts. heat ice, it mel When you hea

al 1 First condition 19b

r event used for a particula First conditional is in or can probably happen or activity that will conditions. the future under certain

party, he will bbe comes late from the If he come grounded. feel , you can fee If you work oout regularly much better. won’tt catch the bus. hurry, they won Unless they hurry

inertia (n)

journalism (n)

QǟOǰ]ǟP

lay sdb off (phr v)

ǰ ǘI

readability (n)

readership (n) naloge, igram igrice. Če nimam domače recommend (v) Ko led segrevaš, se stopi.

rehearsal (n) rehearse (v) reluctantly (adv)

o za določen dogodek Prvi pogojnik uporabljam v revenue (n) ali pa se lahko zgodi ali dejanje, ki se bo i pogoji. scattered (adj) prihodnosti pod določenim

separate (adj)

slangy (adj) z zabave, nekaj časa Če bo prišel pozno smooth (adj) ne bo smel ven. počutil. se boš boljestill (n) Če se boš redno rekreiral, subtitle (n)

Če ne bodo pohiteli,

tactile (adj) ne bodo ujeli avtobusa. tech-savvy (adj)

delih povedi update (v) V slovenščini v obeh . weblog (n) uporabljamo prihodnjik

worthwhile (adj)

– pasivnost,,

16B

16A

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– odp pustiti koga

letters to the editor (n) n)) / OHWǟ] WXɏ ²²Lɏ HGǰWǟ U o za splošne trditve Ta pogojnik uporabljam in dejanja, res) ali za dogodke (nekaj, kar je vedno 6B – pav peacock (n) pod določenimi pogoji. ki se vedno zgodijo if prehensile (adj) HQVDǰO 16B – stavkov lahko namesto V tem tipu pogojnih uporabimo when.

– prijeti, zgraabiti nasvet; namig IHǰV ǘY 16B – o ob soočenju

OǟWǰ 16B – beerljivost 16B – krog g bralcev PHQG 16A – priporočiti

– vaja – vaditi

ǟQWOǰ 16B – nerad,

– prihod dek 16B – razttresen – ločen – slengovsski – gladek aﬁja ﬁ – podnasslov – otipljivv 16B – kii se spozna

posodobiiti, ažurirati spletni d dnevnik ǰO 16A – koristen,

abandon (v) (v) ǟ E¨QGǟQ 17C – zapu ustiti according to (adv) ǟ NǚɏGǰč WX 17CC – glede na, po besedah adjust (v) Ϟ GȘȒVW 17A – prilagoditti, nastaviti 17 7C – kljub against all odds Ϟ JHQVW ǚɏO ǘG] J vsem težavam age (v) HǰGȘ 17A – postarati assume (v) ǟ VMXɏP 17B – domnevati, predpostaviti 56

bottle blond (n) EǘWO EOǘQG 17B – oseba, ki si s peroksidom barva lase broadcast (n) EUǚɏGNǗɏVW 17A – prenos, oddaja camera operator (n) N¨PǟUǟ ǘSǟUHǰWǟ U 17A – snemalec camera shot (n) N¨PǟUǟ ȉǘW 17A – kader cater for (v) NHǰWǟ Iǚɏ U 17B – oskrbeti come across (phr v) NȒP ǟ NUǘV 17A – priti do izraza con artist (n) NǘQ ǗɏWǰVW 17B – prevarant consult (v) NǟQ VȒOW 17A – posvetovati se z/s contestant (n) NǟQ WHVWǟQW 17B – tekmovalec counter (v) NDȐQWǟ U 17C – nasprotovati current affairs (n) NȒUǟQW ǟ IHǟ] 17A – aktualni dogodki dead-tree stuff (n) GHGWULɏ VWȒI 17C – stara šara devout (adj) Gǰ YDȐW 17B – goreč director (n) GDǰ UHNWǟ U 17A – režiser downright (adv) GDȐQUDǰW 17B – prav, naravnost dressing room (n) GUHVǰč UXɏP 17A – garderoba dump (v) GȒPS 17B – pustiti, zavreči dupe (v) GMXɏS 17B – retentati, ukaniti ensure (v) ǰQ ȉǚɏ U 17A – zagotoviti entrant (n) HQWUǟQW 17B – udeleženec exercise (v) HNVǟVDǰ] 17B – uresničiti, uveljaviti eye-opener (n) DǰǟȐSǟQǟU 17C – spoznanje facilities (n) Iǟ VǰOǟWǰ] 17D – oprema, naprava, infrastruktura ﬂoor manager (n) ᚐ ǚɏ P¨QǰGȘǟ U 17A – vodja snemanja genre (n) ȘǗɏQUǟ 17C – žanr greedy (adj) JULɏGǰ 17B – pohlepen gullible (adj) JȒOǟEO 17B – lahkoveren headquarters (n) KHG NZǚɏWǟ] 17A – sedež, centrala imply (v) ǰP SODǰ 17B – namigniti impose (v) ǰP SǟȐ] 17A – uvesti inappropriate (adj) ǰQǟ SUǟȐSUǰǟW 17B – neprimeren insulting (adj) ǰQ VȒOWǰč 17B – žaljiv jot down (phr v) GȘǘW GDȐQ 17C – na hitro zapisati knock one's socks off (idiom) 17C – šokirati lighting (n) ODǰWǰč 17A – osvetljava make-up artist (n) PHǰNȒS ǗɏWǰVW 17A – masker