Unit 3:
Teen stress
and
pressure
Lesson 4:
Communication

Self-care skills
Social skills

Cognitive
skills.

Life
skills

Housekeeping skills

Emotion control skills

Reasoning skills

* VOCABULARY:

- cognitive skill :
kĩ năng tư duy, nhận thứ
- self-discipline ( adj) tự rèn luyện
- emotion
(n) cảm xúc
- concentrate
(v) tập trung
- resolve conflict:
giải quyết xung đột
- risk taking
(n) sự liều lĩnh

Life skills
1. Social skills.

Their category

A. Recognise and control your feelings.
Cope with negative emotions
B. Have planning and organisational
2. Cognitive
skills. Concentrate and be selfskills.
disciplined
C. Cooperate with others and resolve
3. Housekeeping
conflicts. Have communication skills.
skills
D. Prepare food, do laundry and chores
at home. Manage a small budget.
4. Emotion
Learn about basic car operation.
control skills
E. Develop healthy habits. Know how to
act and where to get help in
5. Self-care
emergencies. Understand the
1. skills.
C
2. Bboundaries
3. of
D risk taking
4. A
5.

2.
Discuss:
Do we teenagers in Viet
Nam
or

need
* Suggested
ideas:all
some
ofteenagers
these skills?
Why/Why
I think
in Viet Nam
need all of
these skills. not?
Because Modern life requires
each individual to constantly improve his or
her value.
To survive and develop, having life skills is
extremely important to anyone.
At the same time, it is a requirement to
learn, and to train constantly to improve the

3. In groups, work out a similar list of
skills that Vietnamese teens should
have today. Add or remove categories
and skills as you wish and remember
to
support
your
decisions
with
examples and explanations. Present
your list along with other groups and
Suggested
ideas:
o Accepting
differences
make a common list for
the whole
o Asking for help
o
Social skills 
class.
o Complimenting others
o Cognitive skills 
o How to say “No”
o Emotion control skills 
o Encouraging others
o Self-care skills 
o Listening actively
o Housekeeping skills 
o Money and time
o Resolving conflicts
o Communication skill
management
o Basic first-aid

4. Look at the list of life skills for teens
that your class has developed.

o I have social and
cognitive skills.
o I need to develop
emotion control and
self-care skills,
because I easily lose
my temper and
depend on my
parents too much.

Thanks!