Procrastination

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 2

Today's lesson:

• Listening exercise: Why You Procrastinate Even When It Feels Bad
• Answering questions in between clips
• Grammar exercise: past continuous 

What is Procrastination?

1. When we do a task as quick as possible, ending with bad results
2. When we avoid a task we said we would do for no good reason

Met wie ben jij het vooral eens ... ?

1. Tufan
2. Dylan

De PVV is ontevreden omdat ...

2. zij een algeheel boerkaverbod willen

Why do you procrastinate?

1. Because your body tries to protect you from threats
2. Because you are lazy
3. Because you can do the task right before the deadline
4. Because there are other tasks that your body considers more important

Is it always procrastination when we choose not to do something ('putting something off')?

1. No
2. Yes

What kind of tasks do we procrastinate?

1. The longest tasks
2. Tasks that make us feel positive emotions
3. Tasks that make us feel negative emotions
4. The easiest tasks

What happens when you procrastinate?

1. You forget about the task
2. The task looks more difficult over time
3. You eventually get motivated to do the task
4. The tasks looks easier over time

What is a common misconception?
(misconception=something people believe but is not true)

1. Procrastination is completely bad for you
2. All procrastinators get good grades
3. All procrastinators are lazy

What do procrastinators often fear?

1. Failure
2. Extra work
3. Other people getting angry at them because they do not do their work
4. That their results are too good.

How can we break the cycle of procrastination?

1. By giving fewer tasks
2. Discipline
3. By not being too hard on yourself
4. By getting more time

Which strategies are given? (There are 4)

Exercise!

Make sentences about you procrastinating using the past continuous:

1. Past continuous (+)

2. Past continuous ontkennend (-)

3. Past continuous vragend (?)