Lesson: Reacting to News

In this lesson, you will learn how to react to good or bad news in English using different expressions

Let’s start by defining what Good and Bad News are:

• Good news refer to information or events that are positive, beneficial, or favorable in nature. Good news typically brings happiness, relief, or satisfaction to the recipient.

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• Bad news refer to information or events that are negative, unfavorable, or undesirable in nature. Bad news often brings disappointment, concern, or distress to the recipient.

Time to learn and practice how to react to good and bad news

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Task #1: Expressions to React

Task#1A

Read the expression and categorize them into neutral, for good news and for bad news

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Task #2: Good or Bad Situations

Task#2A

Before we get started, let’s check the vocabulary that you will probably need for the task.

Verbs	Nouns
To Get	Environment
To lay off	Paycheck
To Fire	A raise
To Promote	Long Hours
To Demote	Written Warning
To shut down	Performance review
To Sue	Scholarship
To Retire	Weeks off

Task#2B

Now it is time to classify the situations into good or bad news

Task#2C

Now you have to identify the tense used in each one of the sentences

These are the options

A	Simple Past
B	Simple Present
C	Simple Future

Task#2D

Now react to each one of the situations using some of the expression introduced earlier

For example:

• I work with my best friends
• That’s really awesome

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Task #3: Dialogue

Task#3A

Pick one of the previous situation and create a dialogue with your partner

Make sure the dialogue includes:

1. Greeting
2. Small Talk
3. Situation (Good or Bad New)
4. Reaction
5. Follow-up questions
6. Farewell

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Task #4: Writing Task

Task#4A

Write what the teacher requests

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