Leisure Time

Introduction

Students brainstorm conversation questions about the topic, hobbies and free time, and then have a free speaking presentation in front of class.

What is leisure? It consists of relatively self-determined activity/experience that falls into one’s free-time roles, that is seen as leisure by participants, that is psychologically pleasant in anticipation and recollection , that potentially covers the whole range of commitment and intensity, that contains characteristic norms and constraints and that provides opportunities for recreation, personal growth and service to others” (Kaplan, 1975)

Task

Describe what you usually do in your leisure time.

You should say:

What you do

Who you do it with

Where you do it

And explain why you like to spend your free time this way.

Process

In groups Ss ask the following questions:

What are some constructive leisure time activities?
How leisure time activities have changed in the last 10 years?
What type of activity you would suggest to your kids?

Ss share their answers with their partners. Then they liste to their teacher:

Possible Answer:

I have classes 5 days in a week, I attend a diploma course on Teaching English and I do some tutions as well and all of those activities and my study make my days busy. However, I maintain some leisure activities and in my off-day I go through a different routine,e.g, go running with my husband.

Step 1: Ss read a list of possible leisure time activities:

Pick a leisure time activity that you usually do. You can talk about one of the following topics or the one you really do:

Take your parents or children outside for walking.
Play indoor games like chess, computer games etc.
Go out for walking, running or for other form of exercise.
Take care of the garden you have.
You visit your friends and spend time with them.
You watch TV, movies or listen to music.
You learn something like song, musical instrument, cooking, dancing, sports, art etc.
You do some freelancing jobs.
You write for your blogs and surf internet.
You read books.
You visit your relatives.
You spend time with your family members, help them on household chores etc.
You actively participate in social works.
You go to the nearby park or open space for fresh air.
You have a hobby and you spend time for that.

Step 3: Ss read a list of possible leisure time activities:

Not necessarily you have to talk about one particular thing you do in your leisure time, you can say a combination of things you do in your leisure time like sometimes you surf internet, sometimes you go out for a walking and sometimes you spend time with your family members and help them on their tasks.

People usually do their leisure activities from their interest, passion and need. So describe your reasons for doing things you do in your leisure time. Besides describe how you enjoy doing it and how it is beneficial for you.

You should also be able to talk about the following cue card topics you get prepared for this cue card:

1. Describe you hobby.

2. Describe how you like to spend your free time.

3. Talk about an activity you do.

4. Talk about how you spend your day-off.

5. Describe a thing you like to do.

6. Describe a healthy habit you have.

7. Describe how you help your family members.

8. Describe something you do besides your study or job.

9. Describe an outdoor activity you perform.

Evaluation

The teacher will call out 5 Ss to the front, they will be the leaders of each group:

Then each leader will select their 5 members.

After they have worked on the activity, the teacher will prepare small papers from 1 to 5 and one student will get just one paper, so the students won't feel forced to do the speaking activity, they will work in a spontaneous and natural way. Each group will tell the class their answers and each member of your group will be given an individual grade and a group grade.

You will be graded individually on the students' speech. (max 3m)

Your group grade will be based on the interesting factual information they might provide as a whole. It will be taken itno account reallia or visual aids.

The individual grade and the group grade will make just one mark.

Conclusion

The speaking acitivity is very useful because working in groups will make their improve their autonomous learning, they will learn new words and expressions from their own classmates and that will make a more meaningful learning and also will get them engaged to the activity.

After completing this WebQuest, you hopefully have a better understanding of the leisure time activities have a better understanding of how to make a smart decision about what to do in our leisure time.

To learn more about how to make your right decsiion about leisure time, you can watch the following video: [video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Jd1DGO8Fo8]