Nina Dearle

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Topic 5 Free Time & ChristmasNot a season, but a feeling

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• English Vocabulary in Use Upper Intermediate:

• 46 The Arts

• 85 Idioms connected with praise and criticism

• English Vocabulary in Use Advanced:

• 21 Free time: relaxation and leisure

• 25 The performance arts: reviews and critiques26 The plastic arts42 Festivals in their cultural context

Vocabulary Work

A. The British Museum should return the things countries want back. Discuss.

In task 2 (dialogue) you must participate in a conversation lastingabout 5 minutes with your classmate, based on the topic proposedon the cue card.You may make notes (words, ideas, concepts) to use as a guideduring your intervention, but you will not be able to write completesentences as the activitiy to be assessed is oral and not written orread.

B. EXAM TRAINING: DIALOGUE

Two monologues do not make a dialogue. (Jeff Daly)

What type of art do youlike? What type of artdon’t you like? Who aresome of your favouriteartists? Why do you likethem? What are some ofyour favourite artgalleries? Do you ever paintor draw? What do you paintor draw? Are there anyfamous artists from yourcountry? Who are they?What are they famous for?

What are some of themost unusual pieces of artyou’ve ever seen? Try tothink of at least two.Listen to the speakersonce. Which work of art isthe most unusual? Why?

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The Bigger Picture by David Hockney

Have you ever seen or heard of a work of performance art?

What did it involve?

Which work of art involved...

1. ...destroying a copy of a book.

2. ...sitting in a museum for more

than 700 hours.3. ...staying in a gallery with a wild animal.4. ...being buried in the ground forthree hours.

5. ...lying on a busy road at night.

You are going to hear two people talking aboutthe theatre. What exactly do they talk about?

Now listen again and complete the text onworksheet 5.12.

Now compare your answers.

Describe the last …… concert you went to.… play you went to.… film you went to.… book you read!

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Source:

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Try this quizWatch this pantomimePrepare your Christmas London trip

Questions to think about:

1) The role of culture in our lives.

2) The significance of Christmas.3) How family traditions

have/haven’t changed.

Grammar to brush up on:

1) So and Neither2) Nouns and prepositions I and

II

Language functions to check out:

1) Inviting2) Agreeing and disagreeing

Films to watch:

1) The Man Who Never Was

2) Jingle All the Way

Books to Read:

1) A Christmas Carol2) Letters from

Father Christmas

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year