Vocabulary

Academic Word List

  • affect
  • alter
  • apparently
  • approximately
  • aspect
  • benefit
  • conducted
  • cycle
  • definite
  • eventually
  • experts
  • function
  • individual
  • initial
  • interaction
  • investigate
  • involved
  • isolated
  • maximize
  • normal
  • obviously
  • occur
  • overall
  • participate
  • period
  • phases
  • previously
  • recreate
  • regulation
  • research
  • schedule
  • theory
  • traditional
  • ultimately

Other Vocabulary

  • accomplish
  • appetite
  • detriments
  • drastically
  • hormone
  • inventor
  • strict
  • supposedly

Exercise

Pre-Listening

Use the questions to begin a discussion. Try to be sure everyone in your group gives their opinion and explains why they hold that opinion before moving on to the next question. Type in your group's main ideas to use afterwards for class discussion.

  1. Would you sacrifice some of your sleep if there were something else important to do? Give an example.
  2. What happens to you if you don't get the sleep you want? Does something change in your personality or behaviour?

Exercise

Listening

Exercise

Post-Listening

Exercise

References

Stoddard, G. (2008, May 16). Is Sleep Really Necessary? Men's Health. Retrieved from http://www.menshealth.com/health/sleep-deprivation Wozniak, Dr. P. (2005, January). Polyphasic Sleep: Facts and Myths. SuperMemo. Retrieved from http://www.supermemo.com/articles/polyphasic.htm

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