THE REAL YOU
Form 6
Lesson II
Theme:
Free time
Objectives:
To practise listening, speaking, reading and writing on the topic.
To talk about hobbies and interests, using strategies for group work.
To stimulate and enhance students’ independent thinking.
To recognise and produce correct intonations in questions.
To make pupils more aware of the subject.
Equipment: CD with the video, cards with the tasks.
PROCEDURE
I INTRODUCTION
Good morning, boys and girls! I am happy to see you again. Today we have the
opportunity to discuss our hobbies and interests and to compare them with hobbies
and interests of British teenagers.
II WARMING UP
Let’s play a memory game. Look at the list of hobbies for a moment (on the
blackboard). Five minutes is given to you to read and memorise them. Then I shall
clean the blackboard and you will name all the words you remember.
Sports
Writing novels
Singing
Taking pictures
Dancing
Watching TV
Cooking
Listening to music
Travelling
Reading fiction
Fishing
Going to the theatre/ cinema
Gardening
Collecting stamps
III MAIN PART
VOCABULARY PRACTICE
Exercise 1. Which activities are the most / least popular?
Who…………. (listens to music / reads fiction….) every day?
Who never ………… ?
I’ll count your chosen activities and write the numbers with the + / - next to the
activities on the board. So, we’ll establish the most popular and the least popular
activities in our class.
Exercise 2. Complete the phrases. Use the words in the box.
CHESS, COMPUTER GAMES, MAGAZINES, MUSIC, SWIMMING, SPORT,
THE INTERNET, TO AN AEROBIC CLASS, TV , VOLLEYBALL
1) listen to…………..
6) go…………………
2) watch……………
7) go…………………
3) play…………….
8) read…………………
4) play……………..
9) do…………….
5) play………………
10) surf……………
Exercise 3. Look at the pictures and complete the sentences with the free – time
activities from the box.
Swimming, playing computer games, watching TV, riding a bike, listening to
music, taking pictures.
1. My sister is fond of……………………
2. Tom enjoys………….on Sundays.
3. …………….. is more popular with boys and girls in
the UK than in other countries.
4. My younger brother’s hobby is………………
5. My father likes……………
6. His friend is fond of………….but she dislikes
playing the guitar.
IV READING
Before reading
Exercise 1. Look at the photos in your Students’ Books. What are the teenagers
doing? Which of these activities do you do?
While reading
Exercise 2. Read the text quickly. What do the numbers refer to? Don’t try to
understand everything, look for the information.
85
1, 152 million
75
TEENAGE LEISURE IN THE UK
Computer games and TV
In the UK today, fewer and fewer teenagers are playing games outside with their
friends; 85% prefer playing computer games on their own. In fact, playing
computer games is one of the most popular leisure activities in the UK. In 2003,
British shoppers spent 1,152 million pounds on computer games! In general, boys
are more interested in computers than girls.
Teenagers also love watching TV. Watching TV is more popular with boys and
girls in the UK than in most other European countries. In the UK, the TV is often
on all day, and teenagers watch it before and after school. More than half of
children have a television in their bedroom, and about a third also have a video
recorder.
Sport and exercise
A lot of people are worried that today’s British teenagers don’t get enough
exercise. Today, less than half of teenagers play team sports, compared to more
than 75% in the 1970s. More than 80% of teenagers in the UK now prefer
watching sport on TV to actually playing it. More than half of teenagers agree that
young people are getting “fatter, lazier and more addicted to computer games”.
They want to play sports, they say, but local parks and sports centres are closing.
New gyms are opening, but they’re too expensive for most teenagers.
Essential facts
Average time teenagers in the UK spend playing sport:
 15-20 minutes per day for girls
 40-55 minutes per day for boys
Average time teenagers in the UK spend watching TV:
 2.5 hours a day
After reading
Exercise 1. Answer the questions:
 In the UK, are boys or girls more interested in computers?
 Do teenagers in the UK watch more or less TV than teenagers in other
European countries?
 How many children in the UK have a video recorder in their bedroom?
 How many teenagers in the UK today play team sport?
 Why don’t teenagers go to new gyms?
 How long do teenagers spend watching TV on average in the UK?
Exercise 2. Correct the following statements:
 In the UK today, fewer and fewer teenagers are playing games inside with
their friends.
 Boys and girls from the UK watch TV more than children from Asian
countries.
 More than half of children have a television in their bedroom and all of them
have a video recorder.
 New gyms are opening and they’re too cheap.
 Teenagers in the UK watch TV 2.5 hours a week.
Exercise 3. Prove the following sentences:
 Teenagers in the UK like computer games very much.
 Boys and girls in the UK watch TV more than children from other European
countries.
 Young people in the UK are getting lazier and fatter.
V RELAXATION
VIDEO “ I CAN WALK” ( action song)
Walk, walk, I can walk.
Walk, walk, I can walk.
Walk, walk, I can walk – like a dog.
Jump, jump, I can jump.
Jump, jump, I can jump.
Jump, jump, I can jump – like a frog.
Mommy, Mommy watch me!
Daddy, Daddy watch me!
Swim, swim, I can swim.
Swim, swim, I can swim.
Swim, swim, I can swim – like a fish.
Fly, fly, I can fly.
Fly, fly, I can fly.
Fly, fly, I can fly – like a bird.
Mommy, Mommy watch me!
Daddy, Daddy watch me!
VI LISTENING
And now listen and repeat the questions about free time and activities we can do in
our free time. Copy the intonation.
- What do you do in your free time?
- How much time do you spend watching TV?
- Have you got any other hobbies?
- Do you play computer games on your own or with friends?
- What about sport and exercise?
- What kind of music do you listen to?
- What else do you like doing?
- Do you watch a lot of TV?
VII DISCUSSION
Discuss these questions in pairs.
VIII MICROPHONE METHOD
Let’s give a chance to our correspondent to interview you about your free – time
activities. (questions from the Listening exercise)
IX HOME ASSIGNMENT
Retell the text “Teenage leisure in the UK”