C1 UNIT 4 CHILDHOOD AND MEMORIES

                                                       

💬1 What kind of stories do you and your family and childhood friends tell about your childhood?

 2 What was a particularly funny/proud/scary moment?

👂 Listen to Tommy, Marissa, and Clara talk about their childhood memories. Answer the questions. (empower)

  

 1 What’s the significance of each of the photos? Summarise what happened in each memory.

 2 Why do you think these memories are still so clear for the speakers?

  Listen to Marissa’s memory again, then listen to her brother Charlie’s version. Note down the differences.

💬 Discuss the questions.

 1 Does your family have any stories that there are different versions of? Do any members of your family tend to add their own details to stories?

 2 What’s your earliest memory? How reliable do you think it is?

👂listening. radio programme about early childhood memories. (NEF C1.1)

 💢💬Speaking: Talking about memories

VOCABULARY

Speaking

Listening: Cloze. Will I lose my memory when I get old?

task

Find below an interesting reading to improve your memory.

Reading: How to improve your memory

Task. Elena Fdez