The Internet TESL Journal

New Year's Resolutions

Gerard Counihan
profesorSs [at] blabla.es

What will happen this year in your personal life? Or, What decisions have you taken for the coming year. Note: The student does not have to copy word for word my leads; he or she may replace my suggested "going to", for example, with a "will", and vice versa.

• English
  I will (a promise!) ...
• My job
  I am going to (intention) ...
• Sport
  I would like to ...
• Love
  I hope to ...
• Travel
  I am thinking about ...
• Money
  I will not ...
• Food/Diet
  I am not going to ...
• Friends
  I intend to ...
• TV
  I am going to watch ...
• School
  I promise I will ...
• My parents
  I will definitely ...

Some answers I got were:

• I am going to do a two-week English course in the UK, Ireland or America.
• I am going to find a job.
• I am going to leave home and get my own flat.
• I am going to walk to Santiago de Compostel (a 600km pilgrimage).
• I am going to do the First Certificate.

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The Internet TESL Journal, Vol. V, No. 2, February 1999
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