I didn’t know about her family’s plan to going abroad for summer holiday last month.

It’s Mr. Chau whom taught me the first English lesson at university about ten years ago.

Write a letter (150-180 words) to your friend and tell him (her) about a conflict happened between you and your parents.

You can use the following question as cues:

* What was the conflict about?

* How did you and your parents react in the conflict?

* How was the conflict solved?

* What did you feel about that?

Dear _______________________,

__________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________

Looking forward to seeing you soon!

Best wishes,

I/ strong/ objection/ decision/ 9 pm/ curfew/ / parents.

→ ________________________________________________________

parents/ disappointed/ because/ fail/ expectations/ which/ being/ one/ top students/ the class.

→ ________________________________________________________

 Piercings/ short skirts/ considered/ exceed/ traditional/ norms.

→ ________________________________________________________

Curfew/ not reasonable/ because/ need/ time/ relaxation/ outside/ studying hours.

→ ________________________________________________________

Complete each of the following sentences using the cues given. You can change the cues and use other words in addition to the cues to complete the sentences.

Talk about an ideas child-parent relationship In your opinion.

You can use the following question as cues:

* How should parents be?

* How should children be?

* What should be done when there is a conflict?

Useful languages:

Complete the notes:

Now you try!

Give your answer using the following cues. You should speak for 1-2 minutes.

1. I believe that...

2. parents should...

3. children should...

4.  both sides should...

5.  That’s what I think about...                        

Now you tick!

Did you ...

q answer all the questions in the task?

q give some details to each main point?

q speak slowly and fluently with only some hesitation?

q use vocabulary wide enough to talk about the topic?

q use various sentence structures (simple, compound, complex) accurately?

q pronounce correctly (vowels, consonants, stress, intonation)?

 Let’s compare!

Finally, compare with the sample answer on page 135.

Listen to some fun facts about teenagers and decide whether the following statements are True or False.

Listen to some fun facts about teenagers and decide whether the following statements are True or False.