PHAN BOI CHAU HIGH SCHOOL
Part B : Speaking
Designed by : Vo Trinh
February 2009
Look at the pictures and name the activities they do in these pictures.
What do you call the activities that people often do in their free time ?
hobbies
swimming
fishing
stamp - collecting
watching TV
mountain - climbing
reading books
Task 1: Work in pairs. Say which of the following you would like/ not like to do and why.

Chatting with a friend on the phone
Playing computer games
“I enjoy swimming because it makes me stronger.”
“I don’t like playing computer games because it’s a waste of time .”
Task 1: Work in pairs. Say which of the following you would like/ not like to do and why.

* Talk about your hobbies
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.
Fishing
Playing computer games
Reading books
Chatting with a friend on the phone
Mountain-climbing
Watching TV
Swimming
Stamp-collecting
Now, predict what Lan’s hobby is.

Her hobby is reading books and collecting books.
- Now, move to Task 2 to see the dialogue between Lan and Huong.
Huong: What is your hobby, Lan?
Lan: Well, I like collecting books.
Huong: 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.
Huong: 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.
Huong: 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.
Huong: What do you plan to do next , Lan ?
Lan: I think I’ll continue to make my collection richer and richer.
Lan is talking to Huong , her friend , about her hobby of collecting books . Now reading their dialogue with a partner .
book stall ?
quầy bán sách
classify
phân loại
hạng , loại
Category
Organize

Tổ chức , thiết lập
Hobby : - stamps
How to collect stamps : - buy from post office
- ask members of my family, friends, relatives, postmen
- make pen friends with people overseas
- exchange stamps with others
How to organize stamps - classify stamps into categories: animals, plants, birds, landscape, people (hero, politicians, football players, singers etc.)
Where to keep stamps - in album
Why to collect stamps - broaden your knowledge: know more about landscape, people, animals, plants and trees.
Plan for future - collect more stamps

TASK III. Make a similar dialogue about collecting stamps. Use the suggestions below.

- Now practise in pairs

politician
Nhà chính trị
chính khách
broaden

mở rộng
làm rộng ra

landscape
phong cảnh
Collection
How to collect
How to organize
Where to keep
Why to collect
Plan for the future
Collection
How to collect
How to organize
Where to keep
Why to collect
Plan for the future
buy
ask
exchange
Classify into categories
Album
Broaden knowledge
Know more about
Collect more
Collection
How to collect
How to organize
Where to keep
Why to collect
Plan for the future
Collection
How to collect
How to organize
Where to keep
Why to collect
Plan for the future
buy
ask
exchange
Classify into categories
Album
Broaden knowledge
Know more about
Collect more
Thank you for your attention!