Prime Time 7, Coursebook plus Semester Self-checks

b) Rephrase the fifteen observations from the posting using the sentence starter “Teenagers always/never …”. c) Find three to five more observations to add to the list and rank the final list according to your own view. d) Write down three to five ways in which grown-ups drive teenagers crazy. Draw a quick sketch/cartoon for each of it and present it to the class. Comment on the following aspects: describe a typical situation for this behaviour outline what makes this behaviour so annoying explain how you cope with it Reading–speaking: 15 ways that teenagers drive you insane each and every single day (B2) Prepare a statement on the difficulties teenagers and parents have living together. Describe one or two examples of difficulties between teenagers and parents. Comment on possible reasons why it is so difficult for some teenagers and their parents to “understand each other”. Discuss how the relationship between teenagers and their parents could be improved. Self-assessment Tick the appropriate boxes. Listening Can understand recordings in standard dialect likely to be encountered in social, professional or academic life and identify speaker viewpoints and attitudes as well as the information content. I could understand everything. Sometimes I had to guess the meaning. I could only understand parts. I could hardly understand anything. Writing Can summarise, report and give his/her opinion about accumulated factual information on familiar routine and non-routine matters within his/her field with some confidence. I could write the text without help. I reused phrases from the text. I had to look up words/phrases. I could not express my ideas as wanted. Reading Can find and understand relevant information in everyday material, such as letters, brochures and short official documents. I understood the text without help. I had to guess the meaning. I had to use a dictionary. I did not understand the text. Speaking Can give a clear, prepared presentation, giving reasons in support of or against a particular point of view and giving the advantages and disadvantages of various options. I could express my opinion without help. I was sometimes lost for words. I had to make notes before I started. I could not express my ideas clearly. Find suggestions to help you on the CD-ROM in this book. 3  157 Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv