💬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
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