1. Nina Dearle
By PresenterMedia.com
Topic 5 Free Time & Christmas
Not a season, but a feeling
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2. • 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 critiques
26 The plastic arts
42 Festivals in their cultural context
Vocabulary Work

3. A. The British Museum should return the things countries
want back. Discuss.
In task 2 (dialogue) you must participate in a conversation lasting
about 5 minutes with your classmate, based on the topic proposed
on the cue card.
You may make notes (words, ideas, concepts) to use as a guide
during your intervention, but you will not be able to write complete
sentences as the activitiy to be assessed is oral and not written or
read.
B. EXAM TRAINING: DIALOGUE
Two monologues do not make a
dialogue. (Jeff Daly)

4. What type of art do you
like? What type of art
don’t you like? Who are
some of your favourite
artists? Why do you like
them? What are some of
your favourite art
galleries? Do you ever paint
or draw? What do you paint
or draw? Are there any
famous artists from your
country? Who are they?
What are they famous for?
What are some of the
most unusual pieces of art
you’ve ever seen? Try to
think of at least two.
Listen to the speakers
once. Which work of art is
the most unusual? Why?
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5. The Bigger Picture by David Hockney

6. 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 for
three hours.
5. ...lying on a busy road at night.

7. You are going to hear two people talking about
the theatre. What exactly do they talk about?
Now listen again and complete the text on
worksheet 5.12.
Now compare your answers.

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

9. Click on each pic
Source:
http://www.whychristmas.com/customs/

10. Try this quiz
Watch this pantomime
Prepare your Christmas London trip

11. 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 Neither
2) Nouns and prepositions I and
II
Language functions to check out:
1) Inviting
2) Agreeing and disagreeing
Films to watch:
1) The Man Who
Never Was
2) Jingle All the Way
Books to Read:
1) A Christmas Carol
2) Letters from
Father Christmas

12. Merry
Christmas and
a Happy New
Year