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Oral Pack Teenagers
Oral Pack Teenagers
STUDENT A
Read the following text. During your text ommentary! whi h i" ex#e ted to $e a$out % minute" long! you "hould: a. Retell the main #oint" of the text in your own idea". $. Relate an ex#erien e you or "ome$ody you &now may ha'e had! or an e'ent you &now a$out related to the to#i .
#o"ed in the text" or tho"e that ome u# during the di" u""ion. To do thi" ta"&! you may ta&e into on"ideration the following guideline". -ou may u"e them all or )u"t tho"e ne e""ary.
1. Do you consider teenagers to be adults or are they still children? 2. Why is it so difficult for parents and teenagers to understand each other if human nature remains the same from generation to generation. 3. Did you experience the so-called generation gap hen you ere a teenager? !. Why is it that friends become more important than parents teenager? ". Why is adolescence such a tough period in ones life? #. Why do you thin$ that many gro n-ups loo$ bac$ on their adolescence and long for it? hen you are a
TEENAGERS
PART I : Text Commentary
STUDENT *
Read the following text. During your text ommentary! whi h i" ex#e ted to $e a$out % minute" long! you "hould: a. Retell the main #oint" of the text in your own idea". $. Relate an ex#erien e you or "ome$ody you &now may ha'e had! or an e'ent you &now a$out related to the to#i .
.n the 3ue"tion of inter(family relation"hi#" "lightly more teenager" "aid they got on $etter with their mother" than their father"! $ut two(third" of tho"e with a $rother or "i"ter admitted to 3uarrelling fre3uently among one another. ,6owe'er! in relation to thi" and mo"t of the"e 3ue"tion"!+ "ay" the re#ort! ,many wrote in a 3ualifying note to the effe t that though they might 3uarrel often with a $rother or "i"ter! or di"agree with their #arent"! thi" did not mean that there wa" anything wrong with the underlying relation"hi#. In 'iew of thi" it i" #ro$a$ly unreali"ti to read any "e'ere #ro$lem" into the"e figure".+ That "ixteen i" in "ome way" "till a ,diffi ult+ age! e'en for the modern teenager! i" $orne out $y #arent"+ o$"er'ation of the young"ter"+ $eha'iour in the home. Parent" were #re"ented with a li"t of hara teri"ti " 9 re"tle""ne""! fidgeting! fighting with other young"ter"! $ullying! and di"o$edien e and "o on and were a"&ed to "ay to what extent the"e ty#e" of $eha'iour were 'i"i$le in their hildren. <o"t fre3uently noted wa" a tenden y to $e "olitary. Next ame irrita$ility 9 $eing ,3ui & to fly off the handle+ 9 and then $eing ,fu""y or o'er(#arti ular+. .n the other hand 'ery few found their young"ter" de"tru ti'e! aggre""i'e to other" or fre3uently di"o$edient. A" many a" /5 #er ent were thought to $e untruthful on "ome o a"ion" and a "ur#ri"ing 5 #er ent of "ixteen(year(old" "till "u &ed their thum$".
1. Do you consider teenagers to be adults or are they still children? 2. Why is it so difficult for parents and teenagers to understand each other if human nature remains the same from generation to generation. 3. Did you experience the so-called generation gap hen you ere a teenager? !. Why is it that friends become more important than parents teenager? ". Why is adolescence such a tough period in ones life? #. Why do you thin$ that many gro n-ups loo$ bac$ on their adolescence and long for it? hen you are a
TEENAGERS
STUDENT C
#o"ed in the text" or tho"e that ome u# during the di" u""ion. To do thi" ta"&! you may ta&e into on"ideration the following guideline". -ou may u"e them all or )u"t tho"e ne e""ary.
1. Do you consider teenagers to be adults or are they still children? 2. Why is it so difficult for parents and teenagers to understand each other if human nature remains the same from generation to generation. 3. Did you experience the so-called generation gap hen you ere a teenager? !. Why is it that friends become more important than parents teenager? ". Why is adolescence such a tough period in ones life? #. Why do you thin$ that many gro n-ups loo$ bac$ on their adolescence and long for it? hen you are a