Unit 1 | Lesson A

EXTRA SUPPORT: DYSLEXIA Dyslexic learners in most are married – just what you want as a twenty-
particular benefit from understanding exactly what two-year-old single person! Obviously, I wanted
they are learning in a lesson so that they understand people my own age to socialise with. You know,
what they are working towards. In this and every lesson, people I can hang out with during the day and party
explain clearly what the learning objectives of the with at night.
lesson are near the start. P: Why not join a club or something?
A: Yeah, people suggested that, but I like a bit more
flexibility. I’m not keen on having to commit to
LISTENING meeting up at the same time every week and I’m not
that into sports or anything. Anyway, I kept coming
1 A You could demonstrate the activity by telling the across this ad online for a friendship app which
class how you met your closest friend, e.g. ‘My piqued my interest and eventually I bit the bullet
closest friend is probably (their name). We met at and clicked on it to find out more. I found out there
work, during my first job. She really helped me out wasn’t just one of these apps. There are dozens of
in the job and we’ve stayed in touch since.’ Ask Ss them.
to think about their closest friend(s) and how they P: Really? Are they all more or less the same or are
met, then put them in groups to compare. When they different in some way?
they have finished, nominate a student from each A: Um … they’re all fairly similar in terms of features,
group to report back to the class and find out if but they’re different in how they go about matching
other groups have similar answers. people. There’s one that tries to match you
according to your personality, which I’m not really a
B Read the opinions with the class and check
fan of. I mean, I want to hang out with people that
understanding, especially of outlast (= last longer).
are on the same wavelength, yes, but not exact
In the same groups as for Ex 1A, Ss discuss whether
copies of me! The apps that match you according to
they agree or disagree with each one. For online
your interests make more sense – to me anyway –
classes, remember you can use an online poll to and there are loads.
start the discussion. Monitor and encourage Ss to
P: Really?
give reasons for their opinions.
A: Yeah, some cater for all interests and some actually
C Ss read the description and reviews and answer specialise in just one, like the one for book lovers
the questions, then compare answers in the same for example, or the one for animal lovers. There are
groups as for Exs 1A and 1B. When they have apps that connect you in other ways, too. There’s
finished, elicit answers from a few Ss and find out if one that sets you up with friends in countries you
others agree. intend to travel to – that one’s quite cool because
you can speak in your mother tongue and the app
EXTRA SUPPORT: DYSLEXIA To provide support translates what you say so you understand each
with the reading for Ss with dyslexia, pair them with a other.
partner who can read the description and reviews with P: Wow! I had no idea there was such a range of these.
them. A: Yeah! There’s even an app where they match you to
sports partners based on your fitness level! Perfect
2A 1.01 | Tell the class that they are going to for a, you know, a super-fit sportsperson like me!
listen to a podcast about a similar app to the one
P: Gosh. So, which one did you go for?
described in Ex 1C. Read the questions with the
class so they know what to listen for. Ss listen and A: Well, I wanted to be sure that I could meet people
choose the correct answers, then check in pairs. locally because I don’t just want online friends, so I
Check answers with the class. signed up for two that let me search for people by
location.
P: And were you successful?
AUDIOSCRIPT 1.01
A: Yes and no. The first app felt more like a community
P = Presenter A = Addy
page on social media than a friendship app, but I
P: Making new friends when you’re an adult can feel was able to click with a few people my age on there.
like an impossible task, especially now that so many We chatted for a while and I even discovered one
of us work and study from home. Which is probably guy that I have a mutual friend with, which was
one explanation for the rise in popularity of great. Someone I went to uni with. Anyway, we
friendship apps, where people go to find like-minded started talking about meeting up and that’s when
people to hang out with. Addy, you’ve given these I discovered they lived in a neighbourhood with the
apps a go. What prompted you to do that? same name as mine, but in a different city. I’d clicked
A: Well, last year I relocated for work to a completely on the wrong location! So that was time well spent.
new city and, other than my work colleagues, I didn’t I tried again though and met up with people who did
know anyone. My colleagues are nice and all that, actually live near me.
but they’re at least a decade older than me and P: And how was that?

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 Unit 1 | Lesson A

A: It was good. I liked them. I’m not sure how they felt
ANSWERS:
about me at first though. I was thirty minutes late –
a wonderful way to start a friendship. Then at the 1 He means the opposite.
end of the evening, I discovered I’d left my wallet at 2 He uses an ironic tone. An ironic tone is usually
home, so couldn’t pay for my part of the bill. I’m sure one where the speaker’s tone falls lower at the end
they were just thrilled about that. But I’ve seen them than normal. Context also helps – it’s unlikely that
a couple of times since and made it up to them. a twenty-two-year-old single person would want
P: I’m sure they understood. to hang out with colleagues who are all older and
married.
A: Hopefully! Actually, it was the other app that
worked for me. It connects people interested in
local events, so you don’t have to go to them on B 1.03 | Read the sentences with the class, then
your own. Not that I really mind that, but I started play the recording for Ss to identify the words Addy
chatting to people who were interested in a local uses to describe each thing, then check in pairs.
music festival. And four of us bonded over our love Play the recording again if necessary, then check
of one of the bands. We met up at the festival and answers with the class.
that was that – we’re friends for life now. We laugh
a lot, which is brilliant. I know I can confide in them, AUDIOSCRIPT 1.03
too. And they’ve introduced me to some brilliant
1 There’s even an app where they match you to sports
other local bands. They even play themselves, but as
partners based on your fitness level! Perfect for a,
I’m not particularly musical myself, I just watch and
you know, a super-fit sportsperson like me!
admire.
2 We chatted for a while and I even discovered one guy
P: That’s just brilliant. So, you’d recommend the app
that I have a mutual friend with, which was great.
then.
Someone I went to uni with.
A: If you find yourself in a situation like mine, definitely.
3 Anyway, we started talking about meeting up
Just don’t expect to find the right app and the right
and that’s when I discovered they lived in a
friends at the first attempt. Try, try and try again
neighbourhood with the same name as mine, but in
and eventually, you’ll hit it off with someone.
a different city. I’d clicked on the wrong location! So
P: Good. that was time well spent.
A: Just remember to select the right location! 4 I’m not sure how they felt about me at first though.
I was thirty minutes late – a wonderful way to start a
ANSWERS: friendship.
Addy decided to use the friendship app because he 5 Then at the end of the evening, I discovered I’d left
moved to a new area, didn’t know anyone and he my wallet at home so couldn’t pay for my part of the
wasn’t able to meet anyone similar to him at work. bill. I’m sure they were just thrilled about that.
The outcome of using the app was that he got to 6 We met up at the festival and that was that – we’re
know people in his local area and made some close friends for life now. We laugh a lot, which is brilliant.
friends.
ANSWERS:
B 1.01 | Read the sentence stems and answer 1 Description: perfect
options with the class, then play the recording again
Real meaning: not perfect (because he’s obviously
for Ss to choose the correct answers, then check
not a very fit sportsperson)
in pairs. Check answers with the class. With online
2 Description: great
classes, remember you can display the answer
options on your device. Real meaning: great (he’s happy about this).
3 Description: time well spent
EXTRA CHALLENGE Ask Ss to try and choose the Real meaning: time wasted (he spent time talking
correct answers before they listen the second time. to people that didn’t actually live nearby)
Then play the recording for Ss to check their answers.
4 Description: wonderful

ANSWERS: Real meaning: not wonderful (he was thirty

minutes late)
1 b 2 c 3 a 4 b 5 a
5 Description: thrilled
Real meaning: not thrilled (they had to pay for his
3A 1.02 | Read the questions with the class so they
meal as he’d forgotten his wallet).
know what to listen for. Ss read and listen to the
extract, then answer the questions. Check answers 6 Description: brilliant
with the class. Real meaning: brilliant (they laugh a lot and he’s
happy about that).

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