15 mins.
Part A This introduces important vocabulary to the students; ensures they can pronounce it correctly, and gets them to consider connected vocabulary. They will also add this vocabulary to the conversation on page three.
Ask them to do Part A unaided it he first instance, but allow them to use a reference later if needed.
Answers
1.→ e. 2. → a. 3. → f. 4. → i. 5. → c. 6. → d. 7. → b. 8. → h. 9. → g.
Part B accept (v) (2) / agreement (n) (3) / argue (v) (2) / commit (v) (2) / convince (v) (2) / deal (n) (2) / persuade (v) (2) / pressure (n) (2) / encourage (v) (3) 1. acceptance 2. disagree 3. commitment 4. convincing 5. dealing 6. persuasion 7. pressuring 8. Encouragemen
Phase Skimming for gist 5 mins.This recycles the vocabulary the students have been looking at and asks them to insert it in the text. You may want to set a strict time limit to encourage them to skim read.