(This posting includes a handout LINK AT THE END OF THIS POST which you are welcome to use with your students.) *
Wanting To Stop Unhealthy Habits
Jena and Daniel had similar problems. They both had habits that were bad for their health, and they couldn’t stop. Jena ate too much junk food, like chips, candy, and cupcakes. Daniel smoked cigarettes. They both had cravings, which means they wanted something very much and couldn’t stop thinking about it. They tried different ways to quit for many years, but they finally found a new method. Research shows that this method is more effective than others, and thousands of people have used it to stop their unhealthy habits.
Other methods didn’t work. (See complete article below.)
For background information about these articles and for suggestions for how to use them with your students, see • Introducing “Short, High-Interest Readings” Also, I’ll be adding more of these articles in the right-hand column: ESL Reading> Short, High Interest Articles for Extensive Readings
Here is the 15th article. You can download the article for your students by clicking on the link at the end. Also included are three optional exercises: True-False Questions; Paraphrasing Exercise; Reflection Exercise.
(This posting includes a handout LINK AT THE END OF THIS POST which you are welcome to use with your students.) *
Common Sense Teaching ESL 