Unit 13: HOBBIES
Lesson: SPEAKING
Group 1

Look at the pictures and name the activities people do in these pictures.
Swimming
Basketball
Skiing
Mountain – climbing
Fishing
Cooking
Chatting with a friend on the phone
Dancing
Reading
Stamp - collecting
camping
Watching television
gardening
jogging
Playing chess
hjh
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
2.
+ 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
3.
+ Most students in this class do this kind of hobby everyday.
+ Sometimes we can dance when we do this kind of hobby.
+ It`s on MTV channel
Sing and listen to music
TALKING ABOUT PREFERENCES
a) Work in pairs. Talk about your preferences.
dislike +V-ing
hate +V-ing
detest +V-ing
like/ love/ enjoy/ fancy +V-ing
be interested in +V-ing
be keen on +V-ing
be fond of +V-ing
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
Stamps
Buy from post office
Ask 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 album
Broaden 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.
I enjoy swimming because it makes me stronger.
I don’t like listening to classical music because it’s boring.
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 … She began…