MODERN YOUTH AND LEISURE

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 482.

LISTENING AND SPEAKING

Youth is not a time of life, it is a state of mind.

1)Carry out an analysis of what your group-mates usually do in their free time and what leisure interests are competing with reading for their attention. Here is a list of different leisure activities that young people nowadays usually engage in throughout the day:

· watching (media: TV/ DVDs, contents: films, sports, news, etc.; frequency: once, twice, more than twice);

· listening media: radio, CDs, records, tapes; contents: music, news, stories, etc);

· reading (media: newspapers and magazines, books, e-books and podreading; contents: fiction, science fiction, IT and Sports, etc);

· using the computer(aim: sending emails; accessing the Internet to access sites on music, cinema listings, academic research, sports; to play games on line, to download games/screensavers; to make purchases on the Internet, specifically Music/Videos, Clothing, Tickets for events, etc);

· going to the cinema (the type of movies they prefer: comedies/ action/ adventure/ horror/ thrillers/ science fiction and fantasy);

· going out with friends (to nightclubs, restaurants, bars, parks);

· practicing sports(football, cycling, swimming, basketball, bowling, etc.);

· shopping.

2)Compare the results with some known ones presented on the Internet and deliver the repost in class.