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Multitask Management
Pre-Reading | Multitasking
- When working or studying, do you tend to do one task at a time and concentrate on that one task, or do you multitask? Give examples.
- Rate these examples of multitasking 1 - 3
(1 = easy)- talking to a friend on the phone while cooking
- checking your email or chatting online while you are working or studying
- having a conversation with a friend while jogging together
- checking an alternative route on your satnav when you are driving
- talking on a hands-free phone while you are driving
- listening to music while you are studying or working
- listening to music while you are exercising
- sending a message while talking to a friend.
- Do you think multitasking helps you to use your time better?
Reading | Time Management
Newspaper and Website Extracts
Vocabulary | Common dependent Prepositions
- Deal ______ sth
- Concentrate ______ sth
- Be capable ______ sth
- focus ______ sth
- become aware ______ sth
- be faced ______ sth
Post-Reading | Your Experience
- Have you ever made a mistake or had an accident because you were multitasking?
- Does the first text explain why it might have happened?
- What advice do you get from the two texts about how to multitask successfully?
Grammar | Distancing
- What do the Blue parts have in common? How would the meaning change without them?
- Jon Kabat-Zinn, Professor of Medicine at the University of Massachusetts, is considered to be the 'father' of mindfulness.
- He claims to help patients cope with stress, pain, and illness.
- It appears that mindfulness is beneficial in lowering blood pressure and decreasing anxiety.
Grammar Practice | Reporting Unconfirmed Events & Details
Speaking and Listening | Watch Manufacturer Timex
Speaking and Listening | Watch Manufacturer Timex
Listening | What are they complaining about?
- Do you relate to any of the situations? Do you identify with the speakers? What else do you hate waiting for?
- Attempt to use inversion for effect!
Vocabulary | Expressions with time
