A survey about hobbies: Overview Note

Description

Students listen to the teacher talking about his or her hobbies and talk about their own hobbies. They then review the names of hobbies and carry out a survey in groups to find out about their classmates likes and dislikes. After the survey, students work in groups to compile and present the information in the form of bar charts. Each group's bar chart focuses on a particular degree of like or dislike.

Objectives

1. To revise and extend students' vocabulary on the topic of hobbies and interests. Example
2. To give students oral practice in using the present simple to express likes and dislikes. Example
3. To give students practice in compiling and presenting information. Example

Language focus

Vocabulary: Hobbies and interests Example
Grammar: Using present simple to express likes and dislikes Example Theory
Text types: Questionnaires  
Graphs

Learning targets

Students will be developing language skills that are needed to:

Knowledge dimension: Find out, organise and present information
Interpersonal dimension: Exchange information

Activities

1. Contextualisation - Whole-class work
2. Drilling vocabulary - Whole-class work
3. Asking and answering questions - Pair work 
4. Carrying out a survey - Group work 
5. Making a bar chart - Group work