1. Perception of free time
1. Do you feel you have enough free time?
2. Do you have free time on weekdays? At weekends?
3. If you had more free time, what would you do with it?
4. What would you like to give up so that you could have more free time?
5. Do you ever feel that you waste your free time? How?
6. Do you find that your studies take up too much of your free time?
Past and present activities
1. What are you doing this weekend? What about last weekend?
2. What did you do last summer vacation?
3. What hobbies do you have? How long have you had your hobby?
4. Are there any activities that you used to do but don't do anymore? Why did you
stop?
5. Where do you spend your free time?
6. Who do you spend your free time with?
Choices
How do you like to spend your free time? Rate from 5 (very satisfactory) to 1 (I do not
like doing it) the free time activities in the grid below
Add new activities in the empty cells
going to the
cinema/theatre/concerts
texting networking:___________ being with my pet
chatting watching sports:___________ working out painting
playing computer games doing sports: ____________ partying travelling
going to the disco hanging our with friends being on line:_____________ excursions
volunteering gossiping cooking
daydreaming listening to music being with family
reading playing an instrument:______ writing
What new activity/activities would you like to try doing in your free time?
Differences: sex, class, age and culture
•How do the women and men in your family usually spend their free
time?
•Do they spend their free time differently?
•Do people's leisure time activities change as they get older? How?
•Which hobbies are the most popular with women in your country?
With men?
•Can you think of any hobbies which are popular with children and
adults?
•Does leisure choice vary significantly according to social
background? How?
•Which hobbies would you consider expensive?
•Which hobbies are the cheapest? Are there any hobbies that cost nothing at all?
•Which hobbies are the most popular in your country?
•Are there any free time activities in your country that would not likely be acepted in other countries? What about the other way
around? Can you think of some examples?