doesn’t have any music. True / False /
is difficult to find. True / False /
hardly ever closes. True / False /
is suitable for groups. True / False /
is expensive. True / False /
has unfriendly waiters. True / False /

Расставьте слова, чтобы получились предложения.

1) don`t we why go Paris to?

Why don`t we go to Paris?

2) Paris been I`ve to never.

I`ve never been to Paris.

3) at let’s brochure look the.

Let’s look at the brochure.

4) is it what Canada time in?

What time is it in Canada?

5) call back can later I you?

Can I call you back later?

6) don`t want I to go you away weekend with this.

I don`t want to go away with you this weekend.

Переведите письменно предложения на английский язык.

1) Вы можете описать свой день?

Can you describe your day?

2) Сначала у нас были занятия (мы имели некоторые классы), и мы учились, как приземляться.

First we had some classes and we learned how to land.

3) Я забыл все инструкции.

I forgot all the instructions.

4) Внезапно парашют раскрылся, и я поплыл вниз.

Suddenly the parachute opened, and l floated down.

5) Вы хотели бы сделать это снова?

Would you like to do it again?

6) Потому что это может быть опасно.

Because it can be dangerous.

6 хороших пособий по развитию навыка говорения на английском языке

Заговорить на английском — главная цель каждого, кто начал учить язык. В то же время говорение — навык, над которым сложнее всего работать. Здесь виноват и пресловутый разговорный барьер, и нехватка практики общения, особенно если вы самостоятельно осваиваете английский. Поэтому мы предлагаем вам список интересных и эффективных пособий, которые дадут вам идеи и шаблоны для устного изложения своих мыслей по любой теме.

Почему вам стоит заниматься с рекомендуемыми учебниками для развития навыка Speaking

В этой статье мы рассмотрим 6 учебников по развитию устной речи на английском языке:

Почему мы рекомендуем заниматься по этим книгам? Указанные пособия для совершенствования навыка Speaking предлагают шаблоны фраз и идеи о том, как говорить на разные темы, как правильно и красиво отвечать на вопросы собеседника. Занимаясь по этим учебникам, вы сможете выучить полезные фразы, вводные выражения и слова, которые впоследствии будете использовать в своей речи. Выполнение упражнений поможет вам добиться связной и естественной речи.

Кому рекомендовано заниматься по такому учебнику? В первую очередь мы советуем пользоваться таким пособием студентам с уровнем Intermediate и выше. Именно с этой ступени нужно активно развивать разговорные навыки, ведь ваш словарный запас позволяет говорить на многие темы, поэтому надо учиться формулировать более сложные мысли.

Если вы занимаетесь с преподавателем английского персонально и полагаете, что вам нужно больше разговорной практики, можно попросить учителя брать материалы из указанных учебников для развития коммуникативных навыков. Если вы изучаете английский язык самостоятельно, выберите одно из пособий и попробуйте заниматься по нему самостоятельно. При этом обратите внимание на те книги, которые содержат не просто вопросы и тексты для обсуждения, а советы о том, как отвечать, и шаблоны ответов.

Как можно заниматься по указанным учебникам для развития навыка Speaking самостоятельно? Изучайте предложенные для обсуждения тексты, переводите их, учите новые для себя слова и конструкции. Затем можно попробовать пересказать текст — это тоже полезное упражнение. А после этого рассмотрите самостоятельно вопросы для обсуждения, заучите понравившиеся вам шаблоны ответов и попробуйте сформулировать свои собственные ответы. Если у вас есть друзья, изучающие английский, можно обсудить с ними вопросы из учебников.

Speak now

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Авторы: Jack C Richards & David Bohlke.

Кому подойдет: Тем, кто хочет заниматься и аудированием, и говорением одновременно, а также готов работать с комплектом учебников.

Структура учебника и принцип работы с ним

Серия книг Speak now издательства Oxford University Press — это 4 новых учебника для развития навыков общения на английском языке.

В серии представлено 4 книги: 1 — для уровня Pre-Intermediate, 2 — для уровня Intermediate, 3 — для уровня Intermediate-Upper-Intermediate, 4 — для уровня Upper-Intermediate-Advanced.

Эти книги очень похожи на классические учебники по английскому: все материалы разбиты на уроки-юниты, а в комплекте с каждым учебником (Coursebook) есть рабочая тетрадь (Workbook) и книга учителя (Teacher’s book). Также в комплекте с учебниками идут так называемые онлайн-материалы (Online materials): аудио- и видеозаписи, справочные материалы по грамматике, а также тексты аудио- и видеозаписей.

Каждый юнит в Coursebook занимает 2 страницы. В нем есть задания для увеличения словарного запаса, диалоги, списки полезных для общения фраз, а также упражнения для совершенствования произношения, основанные на аудиоматериалах. В конце книги есть тексты ко всем аудиозаписям, поэтому вы можете проверить себя самостоятельно. Помимо этого в учебнике есть темы и задания для ведения диалога с другими изучающими английский. Однако вы можете порассуждать над вопросами самостоятельно, используя предложенные в книге фразы.

В рабочей тетради также представлено много упражнений для развития коммуникативных навыков, а также задания для работы над расширением словарного запаса, тексты для чтения, небольшие письменные задания и упражнения на грамматику, чтобы ваша речь была не только красивой, но и грамотной. Ответы к упражнениям есть в книге учителя.

Impact Issues, Impact Values, Impact Topics

Impact Issues	Impact Values	Impact Topics

Автор: Richard R. Day.

Кому подойдет: Изучающим английский, которые хотят поработать не только над говорением, но и над восприятием английской речи на слух.

Структура учебника и принцип работы с ним

Книги для обучения говорению на английском языке серии Impact очень похожи между собой. Новое издание Impact Issues включает в себя 3 книги для разных уровней владения английским, а Impact Values и Impact Topics подойдет ученикам с уровня Pre-Intermediate и выше. В каждом пособии представлено 30 уроков-юнитов на разные темы.

Главное преимущество учебников серии Impact — наличие аудиозаписей к каждому уроку. То есть с помощью этих книг вы сможете потренировать не только говорение, но и восприятие английской речи на слух. Записи представляют собой аудиодорожки с монологами или диалогами, тексты которых представлены в учебниках, поэтому вы точно разберетесь, о чем идет речь.

С этими учебниками рекомендуется работать следующим образом:

В текстах авторы используют актуальную полезную лексику, поэтому не забудьте выучить новые для себя слова.

Express yourself

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Авторы: Duane Vorhees, LIS KOREA Editorial Staff.

Кому подойдет: Тем, кто любит философские вопросы и рассуждения.

Структура учебника и принцип работы с ним

Этот учебник издан в двух частях, каждая из которых содержит 25 юнитов.

В начале юнита вам предлагают прочитать текст, в котором, как правило, поднимаются интересные вопросы касательно нашего общества и образа жизни. После текста есть небольшой англо-английский словарь, в нем отобрана лексика, полезная для изучения. Рекомендуем выписать ее в свой собственный словарь и использовать в речи.

После изучения текста вам надо ответить на несколько вопросов, которые проверят, правильно ли вы поняли текст. Также предложены вопросы для обсуждения по изложенной теме. Если вы работаете с этим пособием самостоятельно, рекомендуем для начала заглянуть на следующую страницу: авторы предлагают примеры ответов на вопросы по теме. Попробуйте изложить и свою точку зрения в такой же манере, заучите вводные слова и полезные фразы.

В конце каждого юнита есть интересные утверждения для рассуждения. Это, пожалуй, самая увлекательная часть работы: авторы собрали весьма неоднозначные фразы, которые непросто обсуждать даже на родном языке. Попробуйте пофилософствовать и порассуждать на все указанные темы, это отличная тренировка навыка говорения.

What do you think?

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Авторы: Duane Vorhees, LIS KOREA Editorial Staff.

Кому подойдет: Любителям поломать голову над интересными вопросами. Оптимально подойдет людям с уровнем знаний Advanced.

Структура учебника и принцип работы с ним

Учебник состоит из двух книг, каждая из которых включает в себя 30 тем для размышлений. Авторы учебника выбрали довольно непростые и неоднозначные темы для обсуждения. То есть вам нужно будет не просто сформулировать свои мысли на английском, но еще и подумать перед этим, какой ответ будет наиболее приемлем в данном случае. Предложенные темы актуальны и интересны для обсуждения.

Каждая тема начинается с текста, который обрисовывает вам ситуацию. В нем выделены словосочетания, которые полезно будет заучить и использовать в своей собственной речи. Так одновременно с говорением вы работаете еще и над расширением словарного запаса. После прочтения вам надо будет ответить на несколько вопросов, чтобы проверить, насколько хорошо вы поняли прочитанное. Затем следует самый интересный блок — вопросы для обсуждения, основанные на теме текста.

Последний блок в теме самый увлекательный и полезный для тех, кто работает над развитием устной английской речи самостоятельно. Здесь приведены примеры ответов на вопросы. Если вы затрудняетесь самостоятельно формулировать свое мнение, заучите эти шаблоны, они могут пригодиться вам для общения на английском языке.

Учебный материал дополнен юмористической ноткой: в книге вы встретите шутки на английском языке, связанные с рассматриваемыми темами.

Teen talk

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Авторы: Duane Vorhees, LIS KOREA Editorial Staff.

Кому подойдет: Подросткам и студентам вузов.

Структура учебника и принцип работы с ним

Это издание, как и предыдущее, тоже состоит из двух частей. Однако особенность учебника по Speaking Teen talk в том, что предназначен он в основном для подростков и студентов. Так, авторы подобрали темы, которым интересно было бы обсуждать молодежи: мода, отношения с родителями и сверстниками и т. п.

В каждой книге 20 тематических уроков для развития разговорной речи на английском языке. Тема начинается с текста, поднимающего какой-либо вопрос. В тексте стрелками отмечены полезные выражения, которые следует выучить и употреблять в собственной речи. Тут же даны и определения новых слов на английском языке, постарайтесь понять их до того, как заглянете в англо-русский словарь.

После текста представлены вопросы на понимание прочитанного: постарайтесь ответить на них, не подглядывая в статью и используя при этом только что изученные выражения. Затем следуют вопросы для устного обсуждения и примеры ответов к ним. Как правило, эти примеры довольно короткие, поэтому попробуйте увеличить их, дополните своими собственными фразами.

После вопросов и примеров ответов вам дают еще один небольшой текст по этой же теме, но на этот раз более неоднозначный и заставляющий задуматься. К новому заданию тоже приведены вопросы для обсуждения, но примеров ответов нет. Постарайтесь сформулировать свои ответы самостоятельно, опираясь на шаблоны к предыдущему тексту.

1000 questions 1000 answers

Автор: Nе́methnе́ Hock Ildikó.

Кому подойдет: Тем, кто учит английский без помощи преподавателя: есть примеры подробных ответов на каждый вопрос. Освещены темы для повседневного общения.

Структура учебника и принцип работы с ним

Учебник 1000 questions 1000 answers разительно отличается от предыдущих изданий тем, что он. англо-венгерский. Казалось бы, зачем брать такую книгу, если можно взять обычное аутентичное пособие без непонятных нам венгерских символов. Однако эта книга имеет одно неоспоримое преимущество — она не просто излагает темы для обсуждения, но и подробно описывает, как именно можно отвечать на тот или иной вопрос. Венгерский язык используется в ней по минимуму, поэтому у вас не возникнет никаких трудностей в работе с учебником.

Издание включает 10 крупных тем, которые делятся на более мелкие уроки. В начале каждого урока представлен список из нескольких десятков вопросов для обсуждения. Прочитайте и подумайте, как бы вы отвечали на них. После этого переходите к следующей части юнита, в ней предложены варианты ответов на каждый вопрос. Все они развернутые, лексически и грамматически правильно построены. Если вы готовитесь к экзамену, можно заучивать удачные фразы и использовать их в своей речи в качестве шаблонов.

После примеров автор привел полезные выражения для ответов на каждый из вопросов. Это хорошая часто употребляемая лексика, которую желательно выучить. В конце юнита дан словарь к каждому из вопросов, из него вы тоже можете взять полезную лексику для своих ответов. Перевод слов указан на венгерском — это единственный момент, когда вам может помешать другой язык, но вы всегда можете воспользоваться словарем и узнать перевод слов на русский.

В отличие от предыдущих изданий, в 1000 questions 1000 answers представлены вопросы и ответы на повседневные насущные темы. Подобные вопросы вам могут задавать на экзамене, поэтому советуем воспользоваться этой книгой при подготовке.

Если вы решите взять этот учебник, советуем поискать последнее издание 2011 года, к нему авторы прилагают диск с записями всех вопросов и ответов. Таким образом, вы сможете не просто выучить полезные шаблоны, но и научиться правильно произносить все слова, а также говорить с корректной интонацией.

Мы представили 6 хороших пособий для обучения говорению на английском языке. Надеемся, вы найдете среди них тот учебник, который поможет вам «разговориться» на английском. В то же время не стоит забывать, что навык говорения очень трудно развивать самостоятельно, когда вы не улавливаете и не исправляете свои ошибки. Поэтому мы предлагаем вам помощь опытных преподавателей английского языка, которые научат вас говорить на английском грамотно, уверенно и красиво.

World book day — is reading trendy?: lesson ideas

World Book Day was created by UNESCO on 23rd April 1995 as a worldwide celebration of books and reading. It is marked in over 100 countries around the globe. World Book Day changes lives through a love of books and shared reading. The mission is to promote reading for pleasure. If you want to talk about reading books with your students to find out whether reading is trendy or not, here are some ideas for a speaking lesson suitable for Pre-Intermediate learners.

Task 1: Warm-up

Look at the pictures. What similarities and differences can you see there? Which picture is typical of your country? Do you think nowadays people read books more or less?

Task 2: Lead-in

Let’s do the quiz and check how much you enjoy reading.

Task 3: Discussion

Discuss the questions in pairs.

Task 4:

A) Match the most popular genres with their definitions.

a) A book about a person’s life

b)A book or a story about police investigations

c) Stories about love and romance

d) Literature that creates a concentrated imaginative awareness of experience or a specific emotional response through language chosen and arranged for its meaning, sound, and rhythm

e) A speculative fiction set in a fictional universe, often inspired by real-world myth and folklore. It includes mythical creatures and supernatural powers

f) A genre in which the actions take place in a dystopian society sometime in the future and contains elements of advanced technology

B) Look at the covers of the books and guess their genres.

C) Which genre from the list do you enjoy reading most? Why? Which of them do you think are really popular nowadays?

A)

1 — c

2 — d

3 — b

4 — f

5 — a

6 — e

B)

The Solar War — science fiction

The Sherlock Holmes — mystery

Harry Potter — fantasy

Love poems and sonnets of William Shakespeare — poetry

Jane Eyre — romantic fiction

Albert Einstein — biography

Task 5:

Watch the video (till 01:37). What’s the main idea of it?

Possible answer:

The main idea of the video is that reading books is important for society, because great readers make great writers, whilst great writers make great communicators, and great communicators make great persuaders and great persuaders make good societies.

Task 6:

Watch the video (till 01:37) again and mark the sentences true/false.

1 — false

2 — true

3 — true

4 — false — Kids spend six and a half hours on a screen a day

5 — true

6 — false — Just over the past year he has enjoyed reading several books including the Harry Potter series

7 — true

8 — false — The speaker enjoys reading books in places like his bed, on the move while walking, in the toilet, in queues and in vehicles. But more importantly, he likes reading books at home

Task 7:

Think about your favourite place for reading. Describe it and explain why you love reading there.

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IELTS Topic: Books

Vocab & Idioms

Go over the following vocabulary and expressions with your tutor. Read the word/expression and definition out loud, and your tutor will go over anything you do not understand. Practice creating a sentence or two to make sure you know how to use the word/expression properly.

Vocabulary/ Expressions

Part 1 Questions

Here are possible questions that might come up during the test. Go over them with your tutor.

Topic

Part 2&3 Questions

Here are possible questions that might come up during the test. Go over them with your tutor.

Sample A

Part 2 Questions

Part 3 Questions

Sample B

Part 2 Questions

Part 3 Questions

Sample C

Part 2 Questions

Part 3 Questions

Sample Answers

Here are some sample answers. Go over them with your tutor.

Part 1 Questions

Part 2&3 Answers

Here are some sample answers. Go over them with your tutor.

Sample A

Part 2 Questions

‘The Diary of a Young Girl’ which is also known as ‘The Diary of Anne Frank’, was one of my most favourite books in my childhood. I was so touched by this books and enjoyed it so much that I read it 2-3 times. This book was published from a diary written by a young girl named Anne Frank. My father gave this book as my 11th birthday gift and I read it when I was 11 years old. I have even read it when I grew up and was a student of the college. To my surprise, the book was as appealing and touchy as I found it in my childhood.

The book was adapted from the diary Anne Frank, who was a teenage girl around 13 years old at the time of writing her diary. She originally wrote in Dutch language and later this book was translated into more than 60 languages worldwide. She wrote the diary when she and her family were in hiding for two years during the Nazi occupation of the Netherland during the Second World War.

She has a good relationship with her father and a poor relationship with her mother. She admired her sister’s talent and intelligence and calm nature. She was initially irritated about Peter, a boy of her own age and later on they two became very close. Thus a little girl wrote about the relationship, people’s mentality, perceptions of human, little joys and sadness of life and revealed the suffering of the people due to the war.

Anne dies when she became 15 years old after they were betrayed and found by the Nazi. Sadly she dies only 2 weeks before the British troops liberated the prisoners from the concentration camp. After her death, the diary was bit censored and was published with her father’s permission who was the only survivor from the Nazi camp.

The suffering of the people during the war, the feelings and thoughts of a young girl, her complaints and happiness, her perception of life were so brilliant that it touched my heart. I could not leave the book until I finished it and I was deeply touched to read the thoughts of a young and brilliant girl who was killed at her 15.

Part 3 Questions

Sample B

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Whenever I get time, I try to read books and the ranges vary from profession related books, technical, religious, fiction, classic and contemporary books. The book I would like to describe is a novel called ‘Kane and Abel’ and is written by the famous British writer Jeffrey Archer. Sometimes I read book reviews on the internet and after reading 2/3 books by Jeffrey archer, I tried to get the list of all books by Jeffrey Archer. I found that most of the Jeffrey Archer fans have recommended the book ‘Kane & Abel’. Some people even commented that this is the best book ever written by the same author. I made my mind at this very moment to read this book. After one month or so, I bought the book from a bookstore and started reading it.

The book was first published in 1979 in the United Kingdom and in the USA in 1980. The book was the international success and reached No. 1 position on the New York Times best-selling book list. The storyline started with the birth of two infants named Kane and Abel in the year 1906. One of them was born to a life of prosperity and ease in the USA in a rich family while the other one to a world of hardship and struggle. On different sides of the Globes, they grew up: one shaped by a luxurious upbringing, fine schooling and history he read, the other one who lost his mother at the time of his birth and did not know who his father was, well tempered by war, slavery and history he was part of. The story telling of Jeffrey Archer is magical and enchanting. Most of his story simply mesmerises the readers and for Kane and Abel the attraction worked even more. Every page I turned tempted me to read further. Not for a single moment, I could have stopped thinking about the events and characters of the books and that had a major influence on me. The characters have their own charismatic powers and followed their own paths. One is gold, meritorious while the other one is steel and have forfeited the Dead himself. On their journey in life, they confront each other and became the ultimate adversary of each other. In their relentless battle, both men knew that there could be only one victor- and one vanquished.

Across three generations and around a rapidly changing world, their war rages unchecked, for the love of a dream, the loss of an empire, and the lure of a fortune. Kane became the owner of the largest bank in the USA while Abel came to the USA as a penniless emigrant after the World War I. With intelligence Kane started flourishing the banking business, while Abel made his fortune at last in Hotel business. The first time they confronted each other as a bank owner and a debtor. Though Kane wanted to help Abel regain his business by financing further, but could not do so because of the bank’s board members’ decision. After that, Abel considered Kane as his greatest enemy and sought to destroy Kane. As time passed both had to fight their own fates but the vendetta remained in their hearts. When both men finally grew older, their son and daughter fell in love and got married. They never agreed on the marriage because of their personal hatred of each other. Abel succeeded to buy the bank stocks of Kane’s Bank to hold the power to veto Kane. At the end of the story both confronted each other for the second and last time. After that Kane died and after his death, Abel learned that it was Kane who backed him financially to start his hotel business. The story was told like a magician and is a powerful portrait of a world and two men that a reader would never forget.

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What Do You Think of Me? Why Do I Care?: Answers to the Big Questions of Life

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Peer pressure, codependency, shame, low self-esteem—these are just some of the words used to identify how people are controlled by others’ opinions. Why is it so important to be liked? Why is rejection so traumatic? Edward T. Welch’s insightful, biblical answers to these questions show that freedom from others’ opinions Tired of Trying to Win Approval and Escape Rejection?

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Edward Welch cares way too much about what other people think about him.

No really, he does. He says so in his book. That’s why he wrote it. In fact, he found himself needing to go over and over again the principles of his book, When People Are Big and God is Small, that he has written a second time to an audience of 15-25 years of age.

I bought What Do You Think of Me? for the church library because I loved Welch’s book Blame It on the Brain, and thought this title sounded like an issue we all wr Edward Welch cares way too much about what other people think about him.

No really, he does. He says so in his book. That’s why he wrote it. In fact, he found himself needing to go over and over again the principles of his book, When People Are Big and God is Small, that he has written a second time to an audience of 15-25 years of age.

I bought What Do You Think of Me? for the church library because I loved Welch’s book Blame It on the Brain, and thought this title sounded like an issue we all wrestle with. I remember grabbing it off the shelf last summer, thinking I would read it for myself while sitting in the sun (one of my all-time favorite combinations). Although I was agreeing with Welch, I couldn’t get into the book due to the target audience. Let’s face it, not only am I well over 25, I’m also well-read enough to need a stronger drink.

And then my 10-year–old daughter started getting sucked into 5th grade drama. The girls in her class are way more dramatic than I remember the girls being when my oldest was in 5th grade. Maybe it is because many of them have older sisters and are trying too hard to be older themselves. I don’t know. But my daughter is a pleaser. She wants everyone to get along and she gets tangled in the web of caring way too much about what other people think of her. At first I was thinking that her heart was just way too sweet for all this drama. But as she needed to handle conflict, my husband and I noticed the sinful tendencies rooted in that sugared heart. Zaidee shows some propensities to enable, and she falls apart when someone is upset with her.

That’s when I remembered Welch’s book. I’ve been reading it out loud to both of my daughters—an evening here, an evening there. For me, it’s been such a wonderful bonding time with my girls. I wish I could say the same for them. I have to force them to stop their more important activities to gather in my little Byrdies. But then we cuddle as I read, and the many questions in the book direct our conversations.

The chapters are super-short, making this book ideal for reading aloud to a younger audience. The principles in it are perfect for middle/high school students. The three basic questions that direct the book are:

The first section of What Do You Think of Me? explains our propensity to worship. The problem is that we are worshipping the wrong thing. Welch explains how we seem to be like empty cups, looking to other people to be filled. Encouraging us to take a good look at ourselves, we learn how we are motivated by fear, and how we are controlled by what we fear. He then introduces that right kind of fear for God. Welch has a great way of pointing to Scripture and showing how this matters to the self-consumed, younger crowd. He asks challenging questions along the way. Ultimately, he shows that “When you trust in Jesus rather than your reputation, and you follow him in love and obedience, even when it hurts, then you are truly worshipping” (44).

Welch then has a section for each one of the above questions. I find this format very helpful. With chapters that take the reader to God’s word, these three questions become a discernment tool to put your emotions in check. There’s some great one-liners in the book as well. To introduce the Who Is God? Section, he advises, “When you want to find out how you’ve gotten into a problem, it’s best to start by looking at yourself. When you want to find a way out, it’s best to start with God” (61). Isn’t that a great principle to memorize when it comes to counseling your kids? Or yourself?

And that’s just it. The book was written for too young of an audience for me to stomach reading on my own. But I love reading it with my girls (and a curious 8-year-old boy building with Legos nearby). They act annoyed when I summons them for “reading time,” but 30 seconds into it they are interrupting me with examples.

I’m not going to kid myself or you by thinking Zaidee is now going to be the master of 5th grade drama. But now she has a toolbox of biblical principles to unscrew each situation with. And since I read it with her, I have some familiar terms and questions I can remind her with in counsel. This will be ongoing, and Welch’s three questions serve as a great guide for us to navigate through our relationships with God and one another.

Great book especially for teens. Not advertised as a study guide but has places to write reflections. Here are my 4 favorite concepts:

1. «Peer pressure comes from within you. You want to be accepted and liked. It’s more about what you want than what other people actually say, do, or think.»

2. «The curious thing about turning back to God is that, once you turn, you don’t have to walk for miles to get to the border of God’s kingdom. Instead, the boundary line is always just one step away. It doesn Great book especially for teens. Not advertised as a study guide but has places to write reflections. Here are my 4 favorite concepts:

1. «Peer pressure comes from within you. You want to be accepted and liked. It’s more about what you want than what other people actually say, do, or think.»

2. «The curious thing about turning back to God is that, once you turn, you don’t have to walk for miles to get to the border of God’s kingdom. Instead, the boundary line is always just one step away. It doesnt matter how far you have walked in the wrong direction. Once you turn around, God and his kingdom are right in front of you. Do you ever worry that you have backslidden so far from God that it will take you the rest of your life just to get back to him? Not true. Just turn to God.»

Geared toward adolescents and young adults. Welch seemed to take a long time to get to the point; but he was building a case. The last quarter of the book was much more pointed and direct, but it made it worth reading, overall.

I’ve read (and liked) much of Welch—but I had a hard time getting into this one. The style was a little off-putting for me. Very chatty, with many rhetorical questions, some that seemed superfluous. The result (for me, probably not for other readers) was that the salient Geared toward adolescents and young adults. Welch seemed to take a long time to get to the point; but he was building a case. The last quarter of the book was much more pointed and direct, but it made it worth reading, overall.

I’ve read (and liked) much of Welch—but I had a hard time getting into this one. The style was a little off-putting for me. Very chatty, with many rhetorical questions, some that seemed superfluous. The result (for me, probably not for other readers) was that the salient points often lurked behind too much verbiage, and were sometimes approached so obliquely that they were easily missed.

«What Do You think of Me? Why Do i Care?», sounds like what we can hear from pre-teens to young adults and in today’s world, they are facing a lot of pressures that are more than just peer pressure, what do they wear, or «Mom and Dad just don’t get it», but seem to be dealing with more mature issues than any other generations has before.

Although I’m not a teenager anymore (except maybe in heart and mind sometimes) and more in the «You’re so not cool, Mom» category, «What Do You think of Me? Why «What Do You think of Me? Why Do i Care?», sounds like what we can hear from pre-teens to young adults and in today’s world, they are facing a lot of pressures that are more than just peer pressure, what do they wear, or «Mom and Dad just don’t get it», but seem to be dealing with more mature issues than any other generations has before.

Although I’m not a teenager anymore (except maybe in heart and mind sometimes) and more in the «You’re so not cool, Mom» category, «What Do You think of Me? Why Do i Care?» really impressed me in the connection that it does make with pre-teens to young adults (the 17-college age)who are finding themselves, probrably thinking. how do they balance their walk with God while dealing with the pressures that the world can and does bring.

«What Do You think of Me? Why Do i Care?», doesn’t talk down to them, talks on their level and provides the pre-teen to young adult crowd, with not only down to earth, solutions and ways to work through the issues that are bothering them, but provides strong Scriptural backgrounds, that, always with prayer, would encourage them to try and look at things with a different perspective and one that will glorify, our Father in Heaven.

For parents who maybe struggling with, how to connect with their kids and let them know,»What Do You think of Me? Why Do i Care?», this book really appears to help provide, one avenue to help with discussions that might be bothering their pre-teen or young adult with dealing with whatever it is that might be bothering them.

This is a great book to open up conversations, and open up a bridge to connect with the kids and really more for the pre-teen to young adult age to figure out, «What Do You think of Me? Why Do i Care?».

Decent book, though brief. It is written to the high school/college demographic, so adult readers may find it light in spots. Everyone has some measure of care for what others think about them, even the pretenders. Welch puts his finger on the heart of the problem and identifies it well in its different manifestations.

The problem is within and the solution is without. The solution side is what left me really wanting more, more development of thought. I appreciated his treatment of the fear of G Decent book, though brief. It is written to the high school/college demographic, so adult readers may find it light in spots. Everyone has some measure of care for what others think about them, even the pretenders. Welch puts his finger on the heart of the problem and identifies it well in its different manifestations.

The problem is within and the solution is without. The solution side is what left me really wanting more, more development of thought. I appreciated his treatment of the fear of God, what it is and how it is misplaced. I just wanted a lot more of it.

Great

Excellent focus for every young adult trying to find their way. I recommend every teen read this. Prepare to change!

Unlike all of the other books I’ve read by Ed Welch, this book is specifically written to a young audience (15-25 year olds according to his introduction). The tone and style of the book definitely felt young to me (I’m in my early 30s) and I, personally, found it kind of distracting.

It’s written very casually with lots of rhetorical questions and invitations to respond throughout the book. In fact, the author encourages the reader to make notes in the spaces provided so that it feels more like Unlike all of the other books I’ve read by Ed Welch, this book is specifically written to a young audience (15-25 year olds according to his introduction). The tone and style of the book definitely felt young to me (I’m in my early 30s) and I, personally, found it kind of distracting.

The book seeks to help the reader answer three questions: Who am I? Who is God? Who are others? The author writes that our thoughts and emotions have a great impact on how we answer these questions and that our desire to be loved, respected, admired, etc. by others creates unhealthy, mistaken views on all three of these questions.

Though the material is helpful and covers a pretty good amount of territory, it was a little repetitive (on purpose, I think, for the intended audience) and basic. Nonetheless, there were several things I took away from this book. My favorites were:

1. That our hearts are usually answering the above questions in many different ways. Though we might know (and believe) the «right» answers, we simultaneously live under the influence of several wrong answers. Our emotions help us track what we love (what causes us to feel excited, sad, angry, etc.).

2. It was good to be reminded that «We can be saying things about God and to God and not even know it.» The way we live indicates how we feel about God whether or not we consciously admit it. All of our earthy problems will stop at some point, «but if you are not forgiven, your problems will never end.» Being in a right relationship with God is what is most important.

3. We often split our allegiances to «cover our bases.» We try to get everything we want by worshipping God sometimes and worshipping other things other times. Welch writes, «You’re hoping that, if you worship it correctly, the idol will give you what you want.» When we truly realize how much of the time our allegiances are split, we understand how often we need God’s forgiveness. He becomes constantly relevant and so our thankfulness to him should be constant as well. Faith isn’t about the unknown, it’s about choosing sides.

4. We expect God to act like a mostly decent person, but because he is holy «You rebel, he pursues; you act like he doesn’t exist, he forgives you; you think he is not good, he patiently shows his goodness to you until you see that he is good and loves you.» No matter how far we stray from God, when we turn around he is always RIGHT THERE, because he has been pursuing us the whole time we have been running. «Just turn to God. Pay more attention to God than to how bad you might feel.»

5. What helps us not be controlled by the opinions of others (and not think of ourselves so much) is focusing on something (someONE) bigger and greater. Always seek to be surprised by the goodness of God. «When you have hung out in the throne room of the Holy King, you aren’t as easily dominated by mere humans who are just like you.» Like Moses’ encounter with the burning bush, our goal is to «walk through life with our shoes off» because of God’s holiness.

6. Knowing God and his love for us helps us want to love others more than we want to be loved by others. Jesus is the ultimate example of this and as he gets bigger in your eyes the opinions of others matter less. «The problem has been that you wanted something from other people more than you wanted something for other people. You loved yourself more than you loved them.» The author invites us to live as as though it’s everyone else’s birthday because when we have «been given preferential treatment by the King himself. it becomes a small thing to put others before of yourself.»

7. Scripture shows us how to answer these questions so that we can live the way we were intended to live. We are freed to live as «real human beings» according to God’s design.

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