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Volný cas

• Gymnázium Nováky
• marec 2006 Mgr.
  Dagmar Kotouleková
• dátum
  autor

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PRESENTATION in English language

• Conversation to the topic HOBBIES
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  (Revision)
• Writting a report to a newspaper

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OUR HOBBIES

• A REPORT TO AN
• ENGLISH - LANGUAGE MAGAZINE

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SPEAKING AND WRITTING

• HOBBIES

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Fill in 4 different words

• Hobby is a
• free........
• spare...........
• past.............
• leisure................

• time activity
• time activity
• time activity
• time activity

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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 ...

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First look at the activities in the pictures and
say which are popular in your area.
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Add some other activities which werent shown.
The given words can help you

• bee -
• ticket-
• horse-
• cow-
• rucksack-
• pallete-
• needle-

• keeping
• lottery, betting , going to the theatre ...
• riding
• farming
• hiking,travelling
• painting, drawing
• knitting, dress-making, embroidering

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What about Slovaks?

• Choose the three or four most popular activities.
• Decide why you think these are so popular.

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• Do people spend their free time activities alone,
  or with their friends?
• Name some of them.
• How do you spend your free time?

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Money,money,money...

• Which activities do people choose to do when they
  are short of money?
• And when money is not a problem?

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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................................................
  ......... .

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FILL IN THE CHART

• Choose one of the given hobbies and write a
  short description of it according the chart.

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painting
hunting
fishing
collecting
gardening
team individual verbs equipment adults children out/indoor money
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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?

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THE LAYOUT OF A REPORT

• Heading
• To
• From.
• Date
• Subject.

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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...

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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...

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3 The list of bad things

• Give some your ideas to criticise the
  probleme.g.
• There are not enough...
• On the other hand....
• Another thing is the....

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4 Conclusion

• Finish your report by making some suggestions...
• The mayor should...
• The town council should...
• The clubs could....
• The older people could....

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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,..

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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.

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It is your turn now.

• GO ON WRITTING
• GOOD LUCK !!!