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CELTA

Upper-Intermediate

LISTENING

1. Listen to the song and decide what the theme is. Underline the correct option:

a. First day at school

b. Growing up

c. Losing someone

d. Leaving home

2. How many people are involved?

3. What’s their relationship?

4. Listen to the song again. Tick the true sentences. Correct the false ones.

a) The child is sad to leave her mother

b) The mother feels nostalgic

c) She feels her relationship with her daughter will never change

d) She knows all of her daughter’s thoughts

e) Her daughter doesn’t stop growing

f) She feels that she has spent time with her daughter well

g) The mother regrets not having done more things with her daughter

h) She wants to stop time


CELTA
Upper-Intermediate

SPEAKING

4. Discuss with your partner what the hardest/best aspect of growing up is from

a) a mother’s point of view

b) a child’s point of view

Draw form your own experience.

5. Now you are going to work in groups. Think of a memorable experience you had
while you were growing and take it in turns to tell each other your stories and
decide which is the most interesting. You can use the following ideas to help you.

- Finishing school - Going to University


- Leaving home - Learning how to drive
- Getting your first job - Travelling on your own

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