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LESSON PLAN FOR ENGLISH TEACHERS

TAKING TIME OUT FROM YOUR RELATIONSHIP

LinguaHouse
Jan. 3, 2023

Level: Intermediate (B1-B2)
Type of English: General English
Tags: Relationships; People and Places; Behavior, Feelings and Emotions; Describing Feelings and Behavior; 18+ Years Old; 16-18 Years Old; Article Based
Publication date: 01/03/2023

In this lesson, students develop their listening and reading skills in the context of relationship breaks. Students start by discussing a set of questions to engage with the topic and then listen to someone talking about a relationship break. They then complete a task to match some key related vocabulary and read an article about taking time out from a relationship. They complete a series of comprehension tasks and then focus on some featured language in the article. They finish by responding to the topic (by Victoria Aitken).

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AUDIO TRANSCRIPT

When we couldn’t agree on how to spend our summer break, Jack suggested that we should each do our own thing. He said that rather than spending six weeks together compromising, why don’t we each do what we want? He is more into adventure holidays, and I am more of a beach fan.
At first, I didn’t like the idea as we have been married for over nine years and spend most of our time together. I thought taking a break might be the beginning of the end. But then I gave it some thought. I knew we loved each other very much and the relationship was good so why not take some time to ourselves? It would be nice to visit the Greek Islands, a place I have had on my bucket list for ages and Jack has always wanted to walk the Camino de Santiago in Spain which is not really my thing. The more I thought about it, the more I saw it as a positive thing.
So, we made our plans and headed off our separate ways. We kept in touch every day, we sent each other photos and messages and called when we could. It was just like when we first started seeing each other. I felt an excitement I hadn’t felt in a long time and looked forward to hearing from Jack every day. Spending time by myself was incredible, I loved planning my day, doing what I liked and having time to think and reflect on my life. I highly recommend taking some time out especially if you both have different goals and dreams. I think it has made us stronger.

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