If you procrastinate, you keep leaving things you should do until later, often because you do not want to do them - that is a dictionary definition of procrastination. If you want to be successful and open up your full potential this short tutorial will help you achieve those daring goals.
PRE-WATCHING TASK: Key Vocabulary
Complete the definitions with the words in the box
1) Debilitating
2) Feel like
3) Grandiose
4) Indulge
5) Insignificant
6) Settle for
a) If you ................ in something, or if you ................ yourself, you allow yourself to have or do something that you know you will enjoy.
b) If you................ something, you choose to accept it, especially when it is not what you really want but there is nothing else available.
c) Something that is ................ is unimportant, especially because it is very small.
d) If you ................ doing something or having something, you want to do it or have it because you are in the right mood for it and you think you will enjoy it.
e) If something such as pain or illness has a ................ effect on you, it causes your body or mind to become gradually weaker.
f) If you describe something as ................, you mean it is bigger or more elaborate than necessary.
KEY: indulge; settle for; insignificant; feel like; debilitating; grandiose
Now you are ready to watch the film:
POST-WATCHING TASK: Comprehension Questions
Watch the film once more and see if you can complete the notes under these headings:
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WHY IS PROCRASTINATION DANGEROUS ?
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TWO REASONS FOR PROCRASTINATION.
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THREE TYPES OF PROCRASTINATORS.
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MAIN TIP TO OVERCOME PROCRASTINATION.
Mariusz Mirecki - Senior Teacher, ACT Advanced Corporate Training
Mariusz jest absolwentem Nauczycielskiego Kolegium Języków Obcych przy Uniwersytecie Warszawskim. Od 1995 roku pracuje jako lektor języka angielskiego specjalizując się w kursach Business English. Pasjonuje się strategiami uczenia się, mind-mapami oraz inteligencjami wielorakimi. Na zajęciach chętnie wykorzystuje elementy teatralne. Od kilku lat prowadzi warsztaty metodyczne dzieląc się wiedzą z innymi lektorami i trenerami języka angielskiego. Prywatnie interesuje się żeglarstwem (marzy mu się rejs oceaniczny), a także fotografią. Pomimo, że sporo pracuje, znajduje czas na działalność charytatywną.
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