Changing Your Mind

All levels57 minConversation StartersLesson 7 of 8 · Outline

Aims

Goal: talk about opinions that changed — “I've come around to it”, “it grew on me” — and admit second thoughts gracefully.

The lesson, stage by stage

  1. Warm up5 min

    Warm-up: Let's Chat About Changing Your Mind

    3 warm-up questions

  1. Reading10 min

    Reading: It's OK to Change Your Mind

    Read a 240-word text about It's OK to Change Your Mind

  2. Vocabulary8 min

    Vocabulary: Changing Your Mind Vocabulary

    6 items

  3. Practice7 min

    Practice: Build Sentences About Changing Opinions

    Word-ordering exercise, 5 items

  4. Practice7 min

    Practice: Match the Expressions to Their Meanings

    Matching exercise, 6 items

  5. Dialogue10 min

    Dialogue: Talking About Changed Opinions

    Role-play: You're catching up with an old friend and reflecting on how your opinions and tastes have changed over the years. (4 lines)

  6. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: Changing Minds Discussion

    5 discussion questions

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Target vocabulary

In a Tuton account these words become your student's vocabulary deck, so they come back in practice between lessons.

U-turncome around (to)grow on (someone)second thoughtsopen-mindedset in one's ways

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