7 24 Growing-up and personal identity 7 Growing-up and personal identity Exploring vocabulary 1: Leaving home – A statement by a social worker Look up these words and write the meaning next to them. 1. autonomy: 2. growth: 3. anxiety: 4. resilient: 5. to trigger: 6. guidance: Exploring vocabulary 2: Leaving home – A statement by a social worker (1 and 2) a) Listen to the following sentences and complete the gaps. Take your time and listen to the statements over and over again until you have completed all the gaps. The first one has been done for you. 1. Young people growing up want to be more independent . 2. Young people who leave home have to learn to themselves. 3. Leaving home is also quite challenging as teenagers often underestimate what they have to do . 4. This change is often emotionally . 5. Young people are often affected which can be difficult. 6. It’s a chance for them to learn how change and to become more resilient. 7. In such situations, seeking support from professionals like social workers can be helpful to ensure . 8. Social workers are here to offer support, understanding and resources for young people to help them this important transition. b) Listen again and check. c) Now shut your book and listen to the second version of this track. Say the words that are missing. You may need to do this several times until you get everything right. 1 2 24 25 Tip T Note taking: Abbreviations and symbols When you take notes, you sometimes don’t have enough time to write all the letters of a word. If you use abbreviations and symbols you can speed up your note taking. Start using only a handful at the beginning, so that you are not slowed down. Over time you can add more and more of these abbreviations and symbols to your repertoire. Useful phrases P Common abbreviations and symbols for note taking +, & and, plus, with / per (e.g. per day) – minus, without ca. approximately, roughly, about = equals, is the same as, results in e.g. for example ≠ does not equal, is not the same as, does not result in i.e. in other words, that is ~ is approximately equal to, is similar to cf. confer (= compared to) < is less than, is smaller than w/ with > is greater than, is larger than w/o without leads on to, produces, causes c century ? uncertain, possibly, unproven etc. and so on ✓ yes, correct, positive K, k a thousand (e.g. 500K for “five hundred thousand”) * special, important, notable vs. against Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv
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