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1. OPTIRMNAT
2. KSLILS
IMPORTANT
SKILLS
3. DIPNENTDENE
INDEPENDENT
UNIT 3: BECOMING INDEPENDENT
LESSON 4: SPEAKING
Skills you need to be independent
I. Activity 1: The table below presents the
skills teens need to develop in order to
become independent and the reason why
those skills are necessary.
Skills you need to be independent
Finding information
Tìm kiếm thông tin
Skills you need to be independent
Getting around on your own
Tự mình đi đây đó
Skills you need to be independent
Coping with loneliness
Đương đầu với sự cô đơn
Skills you need to be independent
General housekeeping
Công việc nhà nói chung
Skills you need to be independent
Sức khỏe và Vệ sinh
Skills you need to be independent
Problem Solving
Giải quyết vấn đề
Skills you need to be independent
Interpersonal communication
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Skills
Reasons
1. Finding information
A. Activities such as doing the laundry or cleaning the house are important daily routines.
2. Getting around on your
B. You gain confidence in your ability to make good decisions and don’t avoid issues.
own
3. Coping with loneliness
C. You communicate effectively and get along well with people around you
4. General housekeeping
D. You think independently and make informed decisions
5. Health and hygiene
E. Lacking these skills may make you feel depressed and you may make the wrong decisions
about your life
6. Problem solving
F. You don’t depend on others to go to places and take responsibility for being late.
7. Interpersonal
G. Keeping your body and clean will make you feel happy and more confident.
communication
II. Activity 2: Lan and Minh are talking about what they think are the
most important skills they need in order to become independent. Use
the words in the box to complete their conversation.
II. Activity 2:
loneliness
decisions
Interpersonal
communicate
Practice the conversation
in pairs
communication
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.
III. Activity 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.
STUDENT 1
STUDENT 2
PAIR – WORK:
A
Which of the life skills do you think are the most important?
B
In my opinion, _______________ is the most important skill.
A
Why do you think so?
B
Because this skill helps me_______________. What about you?
A
1
For me,___ is the most important skill because it helps me__.
Finding information
1. think independently and make informed decisions
2. not to depend on others to go to places and take responsibility for being late.
2
Getting around on your own
3
Coping with loneliness
4
General housekeeping
4. handle most of the housework.
5
Health and Hygiene
5. keep your body healthy, which will make you feel happy and more confident.
6
Problem solving
3. not to feel depressed and not to make the wrong decisions about your life.
6. gain confidence in my ability to make good decisions and not to avoid any issues.
7 Interpersonal communication
7. communicate effectively and get along well with people around you.
IV. FURTHER PRACTICE
• * Which of the skills mentioned in the lesson do you have? Which do
you need to develop to become an independent person? Write a
paragraph of about 50 - 80 words about this.
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Homewor
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Rewrite the paragraph at home.
Prepare the next lesson:
LISTENING
THANKS FOR YOUR ATTENTION!