Talking about personal traits

General

Mar 06, 2024Apr 23, 2024

LESSON SET OVERVIEW

With this lesson set, your students will:

learn vocabulary to describe personality,
develop listening and interpretation skills through an informative video,
talk about punctuality,
discuss one of the topics of your choice – personality traits necessary for different professions or birth order stereotypes.

The lessons in this set are connected by a common topic: students discuss how personality traits affect different areas of life.

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Lesson 1

Teach students adjectives to describe personality

advanced adjectives to describe personality

Standard Lesson 60 min Premium Plan

Why are we late? (personality traits)

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Students learn advanced adjectives to describe personality and express their thoughts on punctuality. Then, they watch an informative video about why people are late. They also work in pairs and ask each other questions about their attitude to time.

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Lesson 2

Choose one of the lessons to talk about personality traits more

Critical Reading Club 30 min / 45 min Unlimited Plan

Adaptability and other must-have traits

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At home, students read an article about adaptability and learn how to recognize and increase it. In class, they discuss what traits are necessary for different professions. Encourage students to use the vocabulary from Lesson 1 in ex. 1 (slide 4) and ex. 5 (slides 12-13).

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Lone wolf or social butterfly? Understanding personalities

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Students discuss personality types, watch a video on how birth order affects personality types and talk about the impact of family dynamics on a person’s development. Encourage students to use the vocabulary from Lesson 1 while discussing birth order and personality in ex. 6 (slides 13-14).

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