Goals and Dreams

Goals and Dreams

Reading Practice

Dialogue

Sarah: Hello, I'm Sarah. 

Jack: And I'm Jack.

Sarah: Jack, what are your goals for this year?

Jack: Well this year my goal is to learn to play the violin. Another one of my goals is to learn a new language - Spanish! My dream is to one day travel to Spain.

Multiple Choice

What are Jack's goals ?

• To learn to play the guitar and the violin

• To learn Spanish and to play the violin

• To travel to Madrid

Sarah: A dream is something you hope to achieve in the future. And you can set short-term and long-term goals to achieve them. So for example, Jack wants to travel to Spain. Now that's an example of a dream. And to achieve it, Jack can set himself the goal of saving enough money to travel there.

Poll

Dream: Buy a car.

Select the most important goal to achieve it.

• to get a job

• to save money

• to have a career

• to get a driver license

Charlotte: Sounding good Nic! When did you start learning guitar?

Nic: I've been taking lessons for the past month. My goal at the end of this year is to be good enough to join a band.

Open Ended

What was the objective or dream of Jack ?

Charlotte: What's your dream career? Rock star?

Nic: Nah, this is probably more of a hobby. My real dream is to become a pilot.

Charlotte: Really? You're going to learn how to fly a plane?

Nic: I've been taking some lessons and I hope to get my pilot's licence soon. 

Charlotte: Are you going to have your own plane?

Nic: Ah, I wish! It's probably a more realistic goal to fly someone else's plane. 

Multiple Select

What are the hobby and the dream career of Jack ? (select 2)

• To play violin

• To become a pilot

• To drive a car

• To play in a band

Hopes

When we talk about goals and dreams, we use the verbs hope and wish. 

We often use hope to talk about things that are possible to happen in the future. 

Wishes

Wish is often used to express a desire for something that may not be possible to happen.

Open Ended

Write your hobby

Open Ended

Write your dream career

Open Ended

Write a dream or objective you want to achieve

Open Ended

Write a goal to achieve that dream

Reasons Why Goal Setting Is Important

Goals Give You Focus (having a clear purpose)

Goals Allow You To Measure Progress

Goals Give You Motivation