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Romance / relationships

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skills:
marriage / weddings
 
vocabulary:
dating / romance
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Dating - speaking topics
 
Most of these questins come from Inside Out Upper Int unit 9
 
 
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Truth game
 
Can be used with snakes and ladders board
 
 
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Agony aunts
 
Eight 'Dear Sue' letters that can be read out in a radio phone-in role play and advice given. Role cards can be made for the panel if requried - 'the priest', 'the libertine', 'the misogynist' etc.
 
 
 

 

Material from other sources

 
 
 
10 Ways to Ruin a First Date external link icon
As it says - 10 short paragraphs
 
 
Is love just a chemical cocktail? external link icon
US scientist argues that love can be explained by a series of neurochemical events that are happening in specific brain areas.
 
 

 

 
 
 
Chance encounter external link icon
Man(N Amecian accent) talks about how he met his wife.
 
 
Bad boys external link icon
listen / read to text on why women are supposed to prefer 'bad' boys
 
 
What's your ideal date external link icon
Vox pops: What's your ideal date?
 
 
Romance external link icon
Vox pops: Are you romantic?
 
 
Relationships external link icon
Vox pops: What do you look for in a relationship?
 
 

 

 
 
 
Inside Out Student's Book Advanced book cover 
Inside Out Student's Book Advanced
Unit 1 Identity  Pages 11 - 12  My girl
Madness song, My Girl Listening: boy / girlfriend row
 
 
Inside Out Student's Book Intermediate book cover 
Inside Out Student's Book Intermediate
Unit 3 Dating  Pages 24 - 31
(24) Jigsaw reading : Twenty-first century dating (25) Follow-up listening (30) Listening and reading: I don't fancy yours much. (31) Reading: Every boyfriend's worst nightmare.
 
 
Inside Out Student's Book Upper Intermediate book cover 
Inside Out Student's Book Upper Intermediate
Unit 9 Attraction  Page 87 
Song Never Ever by the All Saints. Gap fill + discussion.
 
Unit 12 Student  Page 119 
Song: Angels - Robbie Williams
 
 
New Cutting Edge Upper Intermediate students' book book cover 
New Cutting Edge Upper Intermediate students' book
Module 4 The mind  Page 49   Song: Always on my mind
Listening + lyrics with multiple-choice line endings (This is not the Elvis version)
 
 
New Inside Out Student's Book Advanced book cover 
New Inside Out Student's Book Advanced
Unit 1 Conversation  Page 8   Speaking and Listening
Students talk about areas of contention in relationships. Role play telephone conversation between boyfriend and girlfriend, then listen to similar conversation Pron: intonation when angry
 
 
New Inside Out Student's Book Upper Intermediate book cover 
New Inside Out Student's Book Upper Intermediate
Unit 2 Generations  Page 18   Listening
Parents talk about the qualities they would like to see in their daughter's boyfriend
 
Unit 2 Generations  Page 19   Listening
Boyfriend talks about meeting his girlfriend's parents for the first time
 
Unit 5 Ritual  Page 53   Do you think you're romantic?
Four people answer the question.
 
 
Intermediate Communication Games book cover 
Intermediate Communication Games
6 - Matchmaking  Page 6 
Dating agency game with picture cards
 
 
Just Listening and Speaking Upper Intermediate book cover 
Just Listening and Speaking Upper Intermediate
Listening 12 - Northern sky  Pages 32 - 33
Song :Northern Sky by Nick Drake.
 
 
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Reward Intermediate Resource Pack
36 Dear Sue - what should I do?  Page 36 
Problem page letters. 5 or 6 dealing with romance / relationships
 
 
The Great Train Robbery
 
<i>Black Mirror</i>
 
Escape from the canyon