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The Splendid Speaking Course UNIT 1 Volume 1 Unit 2 ’Active Listening’ SplendidExpressions TOTAL ENGLISH ‘Travel’

Unit 19: Hobbies and Interests
Task: Discussion Skills: Active Listening (3-4 minutes)
Topic vocabulary To develop an interest in To take up a hobby To be madabout To be fascinated by To be a fan of To be into To be a keen (collector/gardener) To be hooked on To do something in your spare time To be time consuming To do something purely for pleasure Tomake money out of an interest To be rewarding To dabble in lots of things

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Introduction: Your teacher has given you the following instruction:

Task What’s your partner into? Sport? Music?International cuisine? Or are they a complete couch potato? Find out more about a hobby or interest your partner has.
2. Planning: You should both spend a minute or two making notes on the
kind ofquestions to ask. Think about the following subjects: What their interest is. Why/How they first became interested in it. What it is about the hobby or interest they enjoy.

Typical reply questionsDo/Have/Are you? Don’t/Haven’t/Aren’t you? Really? Seriously? Never? You’re joking? Do you think so? Is that so?

3. Task Focus: Focus on listening carefully to your partner and showing
interestby responding to things he or she says. Use reply questions and expressions, perhaps followed by a comment on what your partner has said. For example: A) “I always look around second-hand shops forany old records.” B) “Do you? I’ve got a friend like that. You can find some real bargains if you’re lucky, can’t you?”

4. Language: Tick any of the language on the left you want to use.

Task:Presentation (2 minutes)
Prepare a short presentation describing a hobby or interest you have. Give your audience a taste of what it is you like so much about it. The natural tendency when giving...