Reinventing Yourself in a Changing World

Conversation - B2-C1 | Advance Level

8 $

Feb. 24 Tue , 08:00 USA

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Description

In this session, learners will discuss how people adapt, pivot, and redefine themselves over time. The focus is on natural spoken English — expressing uncertainty, contrasting ideas, speculating, and narrating life experiences with depth.

Students will be encouraged to:

Expand answers with examples and anecdotes

Ask follow-up questions naturally

React spontaneously to others’ ideas

Use discourse markers and phrasal verbs to sound more fluent

The topic is cognitively mature but accessible — all students will clearly have the life experience and language ability to engage.

Session Activities

1: Do you see yourself as someone who embraces change, or resists it? Why?

2: Have you ever had to completely rethink a plan you were confident about? What happened?

3: What’s something about you that has changed significantly in the past five years?

1: Have you ever had to start over in some area of your life? What triggered it, and how did you cope?

2: Is reinvention empowering, or does it sometimes feel like a failure? Explain.

3: What role does fear play when people consider making big life changes?

4: Have you ever grown out of a previous version of yourself — socially, professionally, or emotionally?

5: Do you think stability is overrated in today’s world?

6: In your culture, are people encouraged to branch out and try new paths, or to stick to tradition?

7: How has technology reshaped the way people pivot professionally?

8: Do you think society pressures people to constantly “level up”? Is that healthy?

9: Are second chances viewed positively in your culture, or are mistakes remembered for too long?

To start over –

to begin again from scratch after a setback

To grow out of (something) –

to gradually stop identifying with something

To branch out –

to try new directions or expand beyond one’s comfort zone

To pivot –

to change strategy or direction quickly

To reassess –

to evaluate again more critically

To come to terms with –

to gradually accept something difficult