Nerves

Health and Well-being

 Lesson objective

In this live lesson you will discuss the different techniques to deal with nerves

you read before class and describe what works for you.

You will also review if sentence patterns and idioms connected with nerves.

live
class

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Lead-in

1 What kind of activities make you nervous? https://www.freepik.com/free-photos-vectors/nervous

2 Have you experienced performance anxiety?

3 How do you normally deal with nerves?

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Reading
You’ve read a magazine article about dealing with performance anxiety. Can you
summarise 3 tips from that article?

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Language focus 1

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1. shake like a ………………..
cold
2. break out in a ……………….. sweat

bundle of nerves
3. be a ………………..
lose
4. ……………….. your nerve
butterflies
5. have ……………….. in your stomach

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Language focus 2: Conditional sentences

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 Task
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Task

1. You are going to read a number of ‘nerve-wracking’ situations. Think of a tip you
could give to the person in each situation, discuss your tips with the group and note
down your best tips.

2. Come back and share your best tips with the class.

Try to use some idioms and ‘if’ sentences when giving advice!

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Feedback
It's not going to help anybody.
There's no point lying to yourself.
If you are going to a new dentist, you should
speak to them about any triggers. - Good

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What’s next?

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