W. A. Ward Dear English Teachers!

possible answers: 
You can’t save time. You can’t borrow time. You can’t buy it.
You can only do two things with time: use it or lose it.
Answers might be vary.
pre-listening Time: 10 min.
aim: 
teaching new vocabulary and preparing students for the listening tasks.
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1.
Tell students to work in pairs to match the words with the definitions due 
to their colour to find the right meaning. Tell them to look up the words in a 
dictionary if necessary. set the time. Monitor the process. elicit answers. 
answers:
to do things very well and quickly 
without wasting time – 
efficient 
time or date that you have to complete 
something – 
deadlines 
something that is to be done – 
task 
planned – 
organised
list of things that you have to do – 
to-do list

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Teacher’s book
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something written or noticed to be 
done – 
reminder 
timing of activities – 
schedule 
improvement
– 
progress
something good to receive – 
benefit 
additional time – 
extra time
different tasks at the same time – 
multi-task
make more modern – 
to update
While-listening Time: 15 min.
aim:
listening for gist; listening for detailed information.
2.
Tell students that they are going to listen to Surayyo and Kamila’s conversation. 
Ask them to listen to the tape and answer the questions. encourage students to 
compare their answers in pairs.
TapE sCRIpT 4.
Kamila: 
i’m 
very busy with work! I can’t do all things I have to do. You’re 
always so organised and 
efficient.
how do you manage it?
surayyo:
i’m n
ot always organised and efficient, but I’ve gotten better since 
i read a book about time management. i use a few tools that the 
book recommends, which help me to plan and do everything before 
deadlines.