Inspirational English, Issue 42, Jan/Feb 2018 Inspirational English, Issue 42, Jan Feb 2018 | Page 23

Ask the students to define the phrase
“authentic”?
Do they consider themselves to be
Show the poster with the quotes on
. Put the students in small groups and ask them to
choose a quote they agree with and explain to the rest why.
Based on the quotes the groups of students have discussed, they have to make a list of
After they finish, ask the groups to compare their lists. Have they got any similar signs? What are
they?
Tell the students they´ll read an article called
. Give them only two
minutes to compare their lists with the ideas from the article. The students can use their mobile phones in
case there are no computers in the classrooms.
Here´s a link to the article:
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/jennifer-twardowski/11-signs-of-a-truly-authentic-person_b_9462220.html
Ask the students to read the article again on their own and think if they recognise any of these 11 signs of
authenticity in themselves. Are there any signs they disagree with? Why?
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