Week 16 - Future long-term plans

Topics:

  • Future long-term plans
  • Time vocabulary and expressions: someday, in about ten years, in ten years' time.

Learning outcome:

  • Talk about my future plans in the long term.

Activity 0 - About Final Oral Task

Your teacher will present and explain instructions for the Final Oral Task.

Activity 1 - Long-term plans vocabulary

From the following list of activities, which of them are in your plans for the future? Which are not?


Activity 2 - What are you going to do after graduation?

Read, Listen to, and practice the following dialog. Then, complete the next activity.





Activity 3 - Statements about your future plans

Complete each statement with an activity, so it is true for you.


Activity Statement
buy a house                        In about 2 years, I'm (not) going to _______________.
get married In December, I'm (not) going to ___________.
get a job After graduation, I will/won't probably ____________.
move to another country Next year, I will/won't probably _________________.
graduate from university At the end of this year, I'm (not) going to ______________.
get in shape Maybe someday, I will/won't _______________.
have children In 5 years' time, I will/won't probably _______________.
win an award I would/wouldn't like to ______________.
get promoted I think that in July I will/won't _________________.
learn a new language After graduating from ITM, I (don't) want to __________________.
start a new business My best friend and I are (not) going to _________________.
travel abroad On my next vacation, I'm (not) going to _________________.
buy a car In about three months, I'm (not) going to _________________.

Activity 4 - Modern Times

Take a look at the following movie segment. It is taken from the movie 'Modern Times' by Charlie Chaplin. Then, in groups of 3 people:
  • Describe the tramp and his life before meeting the girl. (past tense)
  • Describe the girl and her life before meeting the tramp. (past tense)
  • What happens after they meet. (present tense)
  • How do they imagine their future lives? (future tense)


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