ppt for English speaking practice on TV programmes

1. TV programmes
and suggestions

2. Are You For Or Against TV?

3. What kinds of TV programmes do you know?

4. Guess!
1. Film about animals, birds, etc.
2. Story about people’s everyday lives.
3. It tells you about life in our planet, history, geography,
etc.
4. It gives you the latest information about current events.
5. It has characters and a story that make you laugh.
6. It’s got drawings of animals and people that move and
talk.
7. People talk about very personal and private things in
their lives.
8. Football cup final.
9. A number of programmes about the same situation or
the same characters in different situations.
(Your examples of such programs)

5. Nature programme Sports programmme
Talk show Soap opera
Series Cartoon
News Movie/film
documentary Lottery

6. Think about your favorite TV programme:
1. What type of programme is this?
2. What can you see there?
3. How often do you watch it?
4. Do you think there should be more programmes
like this one?
5. Would you recommend it and why?

7. How can we make suggestions?
- Shall we…
- How about…
- Let’s switch…
- We could…
- Would you prefer…
- Would you rather watch
…than…?
(Make your own examples suggesting watching
something)

8. Match the phrases
What shall we… off the TV.
Shall we watch… playing a game?
How about… watch?
Let’s switch… go out.
We could… the news?

9. • Today most people watch too much television.
• Television can encourage passivity.
• Television often stops people from reading
• Sitting in front of the TV is a good way of relaxing.
It seems to me,
that…
I'm afraid I can't
agree…
This idea is
absolutely right
In my opinion… I don't agree with
…
I agree
completely with
this idea
From my point of
view…..
I think this is
wrong…
My view about
this is positive

10. TV Survey
• How many hours a day do you spend in front of
the box?
• What programmes do you enjoy watching?
• What type of programmes do you avoid?
• What criteria do you use for deciding what you
watch?
• To what extent are you influenced by advertising?
• As a family or amongst friends, how do you
resolve the problem of conflicting interests when
each wants to watch a different programme?

11. Imagine. You and your friend want to watch TV. But
you are not sure what programme to choose. Act
out a dialog.

12. Two teams. Ask each other questions to complete the
TV programme (handout).