UNIVERSIDAD DE SUCRE

CENTRO DE LENGUAS EXTRANJERAS CLEUS

ENGLISH V GROUPS SLG 16 AND 17

UNIT 4: Trends

GOALS

1-Interpret numbers and talk about trends.

2-Disagree with someone.

3-Talk about trends and your personal style.

4-Give advice.

OBJECTIVES

1- Listening to specific information about trends.

2- Recognizing vocabulary related to trends, clothes and fashion.
3- Expressing disagreement about different topics.
4- Discover and describe trends and personal style.
5- Giving suggestions about what type of clothes to use through the modal verbs should,
shouldn´t, can, must, ought to, had better, could.

ACTIVITIES

1- Answer this question:

Are you a typical person? Why? Why not?

2- Watch the video and answer these questions

(5124) 7 Billion: Are You Typical? -- National Geographic Magazine | National Geographic -
YouTube
a- How is the typical person? Which 3 characteristics does the typical person have?
b- Where is the typical person from?
c- How old is the typical person?
d- Where is the typical person from future from?
 3- Read this interesting information.

Who are the Boomerang Kids?

This generation of young adults has sometimes been labeled the “boomerang generation” for its proclivity to

move out of the family home for a time and then boomerang right back. The Great Recession seems to have

accelerated this tendency. The Pew Research survey found that among all adults ages 18 to 34, 24% moved

back in with their parents in recent years after living on their own because of economic conditions.

Of course some young adults were already living at home for reasons that may or may not have to do with the

weak economy. The youngest adults—ages 18 to 24—are more likely to fall into this category. According to the

survey 40% of 18- to 24-year-olds currently live with their parents, and the vast majority of them say they did

not move back home because of economic conditions (in fact many of them may have never moved out in the

first place). Among those ages 25 to 34, only 12% currently live with their parents, but another 17% say they

moved back home temporarily in recent years because of economic conditions.

Overall, 39% of all adults ages 18 to 34 say they either live with their parents now or moved back in temporarily

in recent years, but there is considerable variance by age. Among 18- to 24-year-olds more than half (53%) live

at home or moved in for a time during the past few years. Among adults ages 25 to 29, 41% live with or moved

back in with their parents, and among those ages 30 to 34, 17% fall into this category.

Young men and young women are equally likely to fall into this category—40% of men ages 18 to 34 and 38% of

women in the same age group either live with their parents now or moved back in for a time because of the

economy. While there is no significant difference in the share of young whites, blacks or Hispanics who are
living with their parents, young whites and Hispanics are much more likely than young blacks to have moved

back in with their parents temporarily because of economic conditions.

Based on the previous information , With the following words or a quantitive expression (page
54 and 199) to write 10 conclusions about the Boomerang kids:

Approximately /about/around

Exactly/precisely

Nearly /almost

Over/more than

Under/less than

Increase/rise

Decrease/drop/fall

For example:

1-More than the 50 % of young adults between 18 and 24 go back to live with their parents.

2- Most of boomerang kids move with their parents due to economical problems.

4-Listen to Alex and do exercises C and D on page 52.

5-Look at these pictures and read the words below.
“ I know we are not our place. But it's also important that your rules
of the house evolve just a bit from the time when we were kids. For
instance, my dad refuses to put locks on any of the doors in our
house, meaning he can just burst into any room whenever he wants.
That can make for very awkward situations that I don't feel like
detailing here. But that's a great example of a rule that feels a bit out
of date. Think of your son or daughter as a tenant that you can
occasionally yell at, and that sort of distance in the relationship will
help you coexist”

DO YOU AGREE THESE SITUATIONS OR THESE WORDS?

HOW TO DISAGREE? DISAGREEING MORE STRONGLY

I know what you are saying, but… I am afraid I disagree.

I see what you mean, but… Sorry, but I disagree.

Yes,( that may be true) but… That´s just not true.

I am not so true about that. I totally/completely disagree.

6- Get in groups. Create a conversation expressing disagreement. You can use the example
on page 53. Present your conversation to the rest of the class.
7- Go on page 56 and do exercises A and B.
8- How is your style?
a- Describe your style and stick pictures.
b- Do your University or workplace have a dress code?
c- Which fashion styles are trendy now? Stick pictures.
d- What are you wearing today?
e- What do you like to wear?

9- THE FASHION POLICE : Use the modal verbs: Could, ought to, should, shouldn´t, had
better, can, must to give advice about what clothes people need to wear in a given
situation or context.
- Choose a famous character.
- Give advice what should or shouldn´t that person wear, explain why or why not.
- Use posters, slides or Canvas to make clear your point.