The mom song

Listen to “The Mom song”

After listening to the song , do the following tasks:

1. Which issues are mentioned by this mother in the song?

2. Find examples of:  advice / orders / threats / criticism / complaints.

3. Complete the following table with examples from the song

 daily routine actions    pets       hobbies     advice      orders   threats      worries  clothes meals      school    friends     family     food    health     hygiene   religion  relationships polite   manners at table      feelings    technologies   future life

Issues

Examples

Daily routine actions get up, wash the face, brush the teeth, comb the  head, clean the room, fold the clothes, make the bed, feed the cat, get the  pajamas on, get in bed….

Young people in a new era

In this term we will have 40 lessons , answer one written and one listening test and give the usual oral presentations. Everything will spin around teens.

Here’s a suggestion to help you choose what to talk about:

Oral presentations

  1. Teens problems
  • Relationships
  • Bullying
  • School performance
  • Peer pressure
  • Love/dating
  • Friendships
  • Family
  • Pregnancy
  • Addictions
  • Eating disorders
  • Child labour
  • Steroids
  • Stress
  • Domestic violence
  1. Teens who  made/make a difference
  2. Teens and  volunteering
  3. Teen tribes  /types
  4. Teens and fashion
  5. Songs about teens
  6. Teenage films
  7. Teenage free time  activities
  8. Teen values
  9. Teens and music
  10. Teens worries/fears
  11. Teens dreams /ambitions