UNIT 11: HOBBIES - SPEAKING SKILL

TALKING ABOUT PREFERENCESa Work in pairs.. Task 2: Lan is talking to Hương about her hobby of collecting books.. Lan: Well, I Iike colleting books Hương : Could you tell me how you colle

Unit 13: HOBBIES Lesson: SPEAKING Group 1

Look at the pictures and name the activities people do in these pictures.

Swimming

Skiing

Mountain – climbing

Fishing

Cooking

Chatting with a friend on the phone

Dancing

Reading

Stamp - collecting

camping

Watching television

jogging

Playing the Piano

Base on the following hints to get the

corresponding actions

1

+ People, especially women like this hobby.

+ It takes a lot of time and money

+ When you like to buy something, you can go to the market or shop

Shopping

+ It's a traditional kungfu which comes from Japan

+ The person must use sword to practise or cross swords with someone

+ The Samurai have to study this kungfu

Kendo

Sing and listen to music

TALKING ABOUT PREFERENCES

a) Work in pairs Talk about your preferences

• prefer +V-ing TO + V-ing

• would rather +bare-inf +THAN +bare-inf.

Task 2: Lan is talking to Hương about her hobby of collecting books

Practise reading their dialogue with a parner

Hương : What is your hobby , Lan?

Lan: Well, I Iike colleting books

Hương : Could you tell me how you collect your books?

Lan : Well, this must be done regularly Whenever I find a book which is interesting I buy it immediately

Hương : Where do you buy your books?

Lan: I buy some from the bookshop near my house and some others from second-hand book stalls Sometimes my friends, my mum and dad give

me some

Hương : How do you organize your collection?

Lan : I classify them into different categories and put each category in one corner of my bookshelf with a name tag on it

Hương : What do you plan to do next, Lan?

Lan : I think I’ll continue to make my collection richer and richer

Task 3: Work with a partner Make a similar dialogue about colleting

stamps Use the suggestions below

Hobby

How to collect stamps

How to organize stamps

Where to keep stamps

Why to collect stamps

Plan for the futurte

StampsBuy from post officeAsk members of family, friends, relatives, postmen

Make pen friends with people overseas exchange stamps with others

Classify stamps into categories: animals, plants, birds, landscape, people ( hero, politicians, football players, singers etc.)

In albumBroaden your knowledge: know more ablut landscape, people, animals, plants and trees

Collect more stamps

I enjoy swimming

in my free time

What about you?

Oh, I’d rather read novels.

TALKING ABOUT PREFERENCES a) Work in pairs Talk about your preferences

TALKING ABOUT PREFERENCES

b) Work in pairs Talk about your preferences and explain why you like it

To give reasons for your preferences, we can use BECAUSE, SINCE, AS.

TALKING ABOUT PREFERENCES

c) Work in pairs Talk about your preferences and explain why you like it

TALKING ABOUT PREFERENCES

d) Interview your partner about his/ her hobby and report to the class Use the following

question words.

What ? When…? Where…? Why…?

How often…? How much…?

What do you like

doing in your free

time? When did you

begin your hobby?

I am interested in …

I began …

She is fond of …