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Voľný čas. Gymnázium Nováky marec 2006 Mgr. Dagmar Kotouleková dátum: autor:. PRESENTATION in English language. Conversation to the topic – HOBBIES (Revision)
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Voľný čas Gymnázium Nováky marec 2006 Mgr. Dagmar Kotouleková dátum: autor:
PRESENTATION in English language Conversation to the topic – HOBBIES (Revision) Writtinga report to a newspaper
OUR HOBBIES A REPORT TO AN ENGLISH - LANGUAGE MAGAZINE
SPEAKING AND WRITTING HOBBIES
Hobby is a free........ spare........... past............. leisure................ time activity time activity time activity time activity Fill in 4 different words:
What is the role of hobbies in our modern life? to entertain to relax to travel • to have fun to meet people • to get rid of stress to feel fit • to invest money to make friends • to enrich our knowledge • to show our strenghts ...
First look at the activities in the pictures and say which are popular in your area.
bee - ticket- horse- cow- rucksack- pallete- needle- keeping lottery, betting , going to the theatre ... riding farming hiking,travelling painting, drawing knitting, dress-making, embroidering Add some other activities which weren´t shown. The given words can help you:
What about Slovaks? • Choose the three or four most popular activities. • Decide why you think these are so popular.
Do people spend their free time activities alone, or with their friends? Name some of them. How do you spend your free time?
Money,money,money... • Which activities do people choose to do when they are short of money? • And when money is not a problem?
Complete the sentences/the group work/ • In the summer, people tend to....... but in the winter months....... . • Not everyone enjoys..............so............ • ............................................................... . • In recent years, people have started to......................................................... .
FILL IN THE CHART Choose one of the given hobbies and write a short description of it according the chart.
The atitude of Slovaks to their free time and hobbies • You are going to write a report to a newspaper about the free time activities of Slovak people ,what they like doing/ do not like doing, why? • What free time activities are / are not popular among young people and why ? • Do we need hobbies or not? • What should be improved?
THE LAYOUT OF A REPORT • Heading: • To: • From. • Date: • Subject.
1 General description • Introduce the report with your aim and general description of the problem: e.g. Hobbies are ....The aim of this report is...
2 The list of good points. • Give a list of things that you think are good about the problem.e.g. • There are several good, interesting...
3 The list of bad things • Give some your ideas to criticise the problem:e.g. • There are not enough... • On the other hand.... • Another thing is the....
4 Conclusion • Finish your report by making some suggestions... • The mayor should... • The town council should... • The clubs could.... • The older people could....
Linking words: To connect the ideas: and, also, too, in addition, plus.. To contrast ideas. But, Although, However, On the one hand, On the other hand,..
CHECKING !!! • The layout: • Have you followed the layout above? • Linking: Have you used linking words ? • Spelling: Use the dictionary to check spelling of words you are not sure about.
It is your turn now. • GO ON WRITTING • GOOD LUCK !!!