English Conversa-tion Week 1-b

SUMMER 2015

Learning about people

In this lesson we will practice asking questions about people.

We will discuss the different ways we can learn about someone. Through conversation. Through social media. From biographies.

Learning about people.

What questions would you ask someone if you wanted

to know more about them?

In pairs, write down as many questions as you can

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Learning about people. What do you do in your free time?

What kind of music do you like?

Where are you from?

What is your major?

Who do you live with?

What’s your phone number?

What’s your email?

Where do you go to school?

Do you have any pets?

When is your birthday?

What is your star sign?

Star signs Aries Profile Aries (March 21-April 19)

Symbol: the ramElement: fireRuler: MarsCharacteristics: competitive, impulsive, independent, dynamic, quick-tempered, domineering, trusting, honestAries celebrities: Maya Angelou, Warren Beatty, Marlon Brando, Charlie Chaplin, Joan Crawford, Leonardo Da Vinci, Bette Davis, Celine Dion, Thomas Jefferson, Nikita Khrushchev, Eddie Murphy, Vincent Van Gogh

Taurus Profile Taurus (April 20-May 20)

Symbol: the bullElement: earthRuler: VenusCharacteristics: patient, dependable, practical, determined, artistic, loyal, stubborn, self-indulgentTaurus celebrities: Bono, James Brown, Buddha, George Clooney, Salvador Dali, Queen Elizabeth II, Duke Ellington, Sigmund Freud, Audrey Hepburn, Karl Marx, Willie Mays, William Shakespeare, Barbra Streisand, Harry S. Truman, Orson Welles

Gemini Profile

Gemini (May 21-June 20)Symbol: the twinsElement: airRuler: MercuryCharacteristics: curious, versatile, expressive, persuasive, changeable, clever, restless, talkativeGemini celebrities: Bob Dylan, Clint Eastwood, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Judy Garland, Bob Hope, Tom Jones, John F. Kennedy, Henry Kissinger, Marilyn Monroe, Brooke Shields, Queen Victoria, Richard Wagner, Walt Whitman, William Butler Yeats

Cancer Profile

Cancer (June 21-July 22)Symbol: the crabElement: waterRuler: MoonCharacteristics: tenacious, emotional, intuitive, sensitive, sympathetic, traditional, moody, manipulativeCancer celebrities: Pamela Anderson, P. T. Barnum, Julius Caesar, James Cagney, Bill Cosby, Tom Cruise, Edgar Degas, Princess Diana, Harrison Ford, Ernest Hemingway, Helen Keller, Nelson Mandela, Henry David Thoreau, Robin Williams

Leo Profile Leo (July 23-August 22)

Symbol: the lionElement: fireRuler: SunCharacteristics: dramatic, dignified, idealistic, ambitious, proud, generous, romantic, over-bearingLeo celebrities: Lucille Ball, Napoleon Bonaparte, Fidel Castro, Bill Clinton, Cecil B. de Mille, Henry Ford, Alfred Hitchcock, Mick Jagger, Carl Jung, Madonna, Herman Melville, Mussolini, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Robert Redford, Arnold Schwarzenegger

Virgo Profile Virgo (August 23-September 22)

Symbol: the virginElement: earthRuler: MercuryCharacteristics: gentle, industrious, dependable, methodical, soft-spoken, humane, sincere, easily worriedVirgo celebrities: Lauren Bacall, Johann Bach, Ingrid Bergman, Sean Connery, Jimmy Connors, Queen Elizabeth I, Gloria Estefan, Johann Wolfgang Goethe, D. H. Lawrence, Sophia Loren, Keanu Reeves, Leo Tolstoy, H. G. Wells

Libra Profile Libra (September 23-October 22)

Symbol: the scalesElement: airRuler: VenusCharacteristics: cooperative, careful, artistic, persuasive, diplomatic, logical, indecisive, fickleLibra celebrities: Julie Andrews, Brigitte Bardot, Michael Douglas, Mahatma Gandhi, Charlton Heston, Jesse Jackson, John Lennon, Heather Locklear, Groucho Marx, Friedrich Nietzsche, Pele, Eleanor Roosevelt, Will Smith, Bruce Springsteen

Scorpio Profile Scorpio (October 23-November 21)

Symbol: the scorpionElement: waterRuler: PlutoCharacteristics: passionate, penetrating, private, resourceful, loyal, determined, tempera-mental, intolerant Scorpio celebrities: Marie Antoinette, Prince Charles, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Marie Curie, Jodie Foster, Bill Gates, Katharine Hepburn, John Keats, Robert F. Kennedy, Vivian Leigh, George Patton, Pablo Picasso, Julia Roberts, Theodore Roosevelt, Winona Ryder, Sam Shepard, Ted Turner

Sagittarius Profile Sagittarius (November 22-December 21)

Symbol: the archerElement: fireRuler: JupiterCharacteristics: generous, honest, daring, friendly, confident, enthusiastic, argumentative, bluntSagittarius celebrities: Maria Callas, Andrew Carnegie, Winston Churchill, Dick Clark, Emily Dickinson, Joe DiMaggio, Walt Disney, Jane Fonda, Bette Midler, Richard Pryor, Frank Sinatra, Tina Turner, Mark Twain

Capricorn Profile Capricorn (December 22-January 19)

Symbol: the goatElement: earthRuler: SaturnCharacteristics: cautious, focused, responsible, serious, conventional, reliable, hardworking, unforgivingCapricorn celebrities: David Bowie, Paul Cezanne, Benjamin Franklin, Mel Gibson, Cuba Good-ing, Jr., Alexander Hamilton, Joan of Arc, Martin Luther King, Jr., Henri Matisse, Richard Nixon, Edgar Allen Poe, Elvis Presley, Joseph Stalin, Mao Tse-tung

Aquarius Profile Aquarius (January 20-February 18)

Symbol: the water bearerElement: airRuler: UranusCharacteristics: independent, tolerant, unpredictable, strong-willed, curious, perceptive, progres-sive, temperamentalAquarius celebrities: Garth Brooks, Charles Darwin, Charles Dickens, Thomas Edison, W. C. Fields, Galileo, James Joyce, Abraham Lincoln, Charles Lindbergh, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ronald Rea-gan, Vanessa Redgrave, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Oprah Winfrey, Virginia Woolf

Pisces Profile Pisces (February 19-March 20)

Symbol: the fishElement: waterRuler: NeptuneCharacteristics: sensitive, compassionate, imaginative, adaptable, intuitive, idealistic, secretive, vulnerablePisces celebrities: Drew Barrymore, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Johnny Cash, Nat King Cole, Cindy Crawford, Albert Einstein, Jane Goodall, Mikhail Gorbachev, Jerry Lewis, Liza Minelli, Sidney Poitier, John Steinbeck, Elizabeth Taylor, George Washington

Discussion questions

Do you think star signs are accurate?

Why do people believe them?

Do some Korean people have similar beliefs?

Learning about people. What do you do in your free time?

What kind of music do you like?

Where are you from?

What is your major?

Who do you live with?

What’s your phone number?

What’s your email?

Where do you go to school?

Do you have any pets?

When is your birthday?

What is your star sign?

Practice asking and answering questions with your part-ner

Learning about people

One way we can learn about people is through social media.

Learning about people

One way we can learn about people is through social media.

What information do people share on social media?

Learning about people

One way we can learn about people is through social media.

What information do people share on social media?

In groups of 4, discuss the information that people share on social media.

Learning about people

One way we can learn about people is through social media.

What information do people share on social media?

In groups of 4, discuss the information that people share on social media.

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Reading

As a class we will read an article about social media.

As we read, take notes on the facts in the reading

Then you will answer some comprehension questions.

Social Media

A new report on the Internet and how we use it says that more of us are us-

ing social media. The Pew Research Centre's Internet and American Life

Project surveyed 2,277 U.S. adults about their Internet use. About two-

thirds of Internet users now belong to social networking sites. Pew reports

that ninety-three per cent of social network users have joined Facebook, up

from 73 per cent in 2009. The continued rise in Facebook’s popularity con-

trasts with the decline of MySpace. Twenty-three per cent of those ques-

tioned said they had a MySpace profile, down from 48 per cent in 2009.

Twitter continues to attract more users, with 11 per cent of respondents

saying they use it, up from 6 per cent in 2009.

The report showed big differences between how men and women use social

media and how we manage our privacy. Women are more likely than men

to delete friends. Sixty-seven per cent of women said they have deleted

friends compared with 58 per cent of men. The study reported that men are

almost twice as likely as women to have posted messages, photos or videos

that they later regret. Fifteen per cent of men said they have done this,

compared with eight per cent of women. The study also showed women to

be more cautious who they share information with. Two-thirds of women

use the highest privacy settings, sharing data only with friends. Less than

half of the men did so.

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1. TRUE / FALSE: Read the headline. Guess if  a-h  below are true (T) or false (F).

A new report says women are more reluctant to join social media sites.

T / F

b. A research center questioned over 2,200 people about social media. T / F

c. Facebook is experiencing opposite fortunes to MySpace. T / F

d. Eleven per cent of those questioned said they use Twitter. T / F

e. It is more probable for a man to delete friends on social media sites. T / F

f. Men are more likely to have posted something they now regret. T / F

g. The report says women share information more freely than men. T / F

h. The report says men use more privacy settings than women. T / F

1. report a. increase2 surveyed b. removed3. rise c. fall4. decline d. handle5. attract e. questioned6. manage f. information 7. deleted g. woo8. regret h. study9. likely i. feel sorry

about10.data j. probable

2. SYNONYM MATCH: Match the following synonyms from the article.

1. the Internet and how a. our privacy2 surveyed b. popularity3. up from 73 c. attract more users4. The continued rise in Facebook’s d. to delete friends5. Twitter continues to e. 2,277 U.S. adults6. how we manage f. settings7. Women are more likely than men to

delete friendsg. we use it

8. men are almost twice h. regret9. videos that they later i. per cent in 200910. the highest privacy j. as likely as women

3. PHRASE MATCH:  (Sometimes more than one choice is possible.)

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Discussion:

In groups of 4 discuss the benefits of social media:

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Discussion:

In groups of 4 discuss the negat-ives of social media:

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Biographies

A biography is a piece of written or film that tells us about the life of someone.

An autobiography is a piece of writing or film about our own lives.

We will now watch a short Biography about Mahatma Gandhi.

As you watch, take notes so that you can answer the questions after.

Learning about people.

Learning about people.1. Who was Mahatma Gandhi?A. The most important Indian leader.B. A Hindu.C. The king of India.

2. When was he born?A. On the 22nd October 1869.B. On the 2nd October 1869.C. On the 2nd October 1896.

3. Who was his father?A. His mother's husband.B. A Politician.C. A Prime Minister.

4. When was he first married?A. When he was young.B. When he was 13 years old.C. When he was 30 years old.

6. When was his first child born?A. When he was young.B. When he was 15 years old.C. When he was 50 years old.

7. When was the Salt March?A. On the 12th of March 1930.B. On the 12th of March 1913.C. On the 20th of March 1930.

8. When was Gandhi assassi-nated?A. On the 3rd of January 1948.B. On the 30th of January 1948.C. On the 13th of January 1948.

Learning about people.1. Who was Mahatma Gandhi?A. The most important Indian leader. ✓B. A Hindu.C. The king of India.

2. When was he born?A. On the 22nd October 1869.B. On the 2nd October 1869.C. On the 2nd October 1896.

3. Who was his father?A. His mother's husband.B. A Politician.C. A Prime Minister.

4. When was he first married?A. When he was young.B. When he was 13 years old.C. When he was 30 years old.

6. When was his first child born?A. When he was young.B. When he was 15 years old.C. When he was 50 years old.

7. When was the Salt March?A. On the 12th of March 1930.B. On the 12th of March 1913.C. On the 20th of March 1930.

8. When was Gandhi assassi-nated?A. On the 3rd of January 1948.B. On the 30th of January 1948.C. On the 13th of January 1948.

Learning about people.1. Who was Mahatma Gandhi?A. The most important Indian leader. ✓B. A Hindu.C. The king of India.

2. When was he born?A. On the 22nd October 1869.B. On the 2nd October 1869. ✓C. On the 2nd October 1896.

3. Who was his father?A. His mother's husband.B. A Politician.C. A Prime Minister.

4. When was he first married?A. When he was young.B. When he was 13 years old.C. When he was 30 years old.

6. When was his first child born?A. When he was young.B. When he was 15 years old.C. When he was 50 years old.

7. When was the Salt March?A. On the 12th of March 1930.B. On the 12th of March 1913.C. On the 20th of March 1930.

8. When was Gandhi assassi-nated?A. On the 3rd of January 1948.B. On the 30th of January 1948.C. On the 13th of January 1948.

Learning about people.1. Who was Mahatma Gandhi?A. The most important Indian leader. ✓B. A Hindu.C. The king of India.

2. When was he born?A. On the 22nd October 1869.B. On the 2nd October 1869. ✓C. On the 2nd October 1896.

3. Who was his father?A. His mother's husband.B. A Politician.C. A Prime Minister. ✓

4. When was he first married?A. When he was young.B. When he was 13 years old.C. When he was 30 years old.

6. When was his first child born?A. When he was young.B. When he was 15 years old.C. When he was 50 years old.

7. When was the Salt March?A. On the 12th of March 1930.B. On the 12th of March 1913.C. On the 20th of March 1930.

8. When was Gandhi assassi-nated?A. On the 3rd of January 1948.B. On the 30th of January 1948.C. On the 13th of January 1948.

Learning about people.1. Who was Mahatma Gandhi?A. The most important Indian leader. ✓B. A Hindu.C. The king of India.

2. When was he born?A. On the 22nd October 1869.B. On the 2nd October 1869. ✓C. On the 2nd October 1896.

3. Who was his father?A. His mother's husband.B. A Politician.C. A Prime Minister. ✓

4. When was he first married?A. When he was young.B. When he was 13 years old. ✓C. When he was 30 years old.

6. When was his first child born?A. When he was young.B. When he was 15 years old.C. When he was 50 years old.

7. When was the Salt March?A. On the 12th of March 1930.B. On the 12th of March 1913.C. On the 20th of March 1930.

8. When was Gandhi assassi-nated?A. On the 3rd of January 1948.B. On the 30th of January 1948.C. On the 13th of January 1948.

Learning about people.1. Who was Mahatma Gandhi?A. The most important Indian leader. ✓B. A Hindu.C. The king of India.

2. When was he born?A. On the 22nd October 1869.B. On the 2nd October 1869. ✓C. On the 2nd October 1896.

3. Who was his father?A. His mother's husband.B. A Politician.C. A Prime Minister. ✓

4. When was he first married?A. When he was young.B. When he was 13 years old. ✓C. When he was 30 years old.

6. When was his first child born?A. When he was young.B. When he was 15 years old. ✓C. When he was 50 years old.

7. When was the Salt March?A. On the 12th of March 1930.B. On the 12th of March 1913.C. On the 20th of March 1930.

8. When was Gandhi assassi-nated?A. On the 3rd of January 1948.B. On the 30th of January 1948.C. On the 13th of January 1948.

Learning about people.1. Who was Mahatma Gandhi?A. The most important Indian leader. ✓B. A Hindu.C. The king of India.

2. When was he born?A. On the 22nd October 1869.B. On the 2nd October 1869. ✓C. On the 2nd October 1896.

3. Who was his father?A. His mother's husband.B. A Politician.C. A Prime Minister. ✓

4. When was he first married?A. When he was young.B. When he was 13 years old. ✓C. When he was 30 years old.

6. When was his first child born?A. When he was young.B. When he was 15 years old. ✓C. When he was 50 years old.

7. When was the Salt March?A. On the 12th of March 1930. ✓B. On the 12th of March 1913.C. On the 20th of March 1930.

8. When was Gandhi assassi-nated?A. On the 3rd of January 1948.B. On the 30th of January 1948. C. On the 13th of January 1948.

Learning about people.1. Who was Mahatma Gandhi?A. The most important Indian leader. ✓B. A Hindu.C. The king of India.

2. When was he born?A. On the 22nd October 1869.B. On the 2nd October 1869. ✓C. On the 2nd October 1896.

3. Who was his father?A. His mother's husband.B. A Politician.C. A Prime Minister. ✓

4. When was he first married?A. When he was young.B. When he was 13 years old. ✓C. When he was 30 years old.

6. When was his first child born?A. When he was young.B. When he was 15 years old. ✓C. When he was 50 years old.

7. When was the Salt March?A. On the 12th of March 1930. ✓B. On the 12th of March 1913.C. On the 20th of March 1930.

8. When was Gandhi assassi-nated?A. On the 3rd of January 1948.B. On the 30th of January 1948. ✓C. On the 13th of January 1948.

Learning about people.

What information would you put in your biography?

Discuss it in groups of 4:

Learning about people.

What information would you put in your biography?

Discuss it in groups of 4:

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Learning about people.

Write a quick biography about yourself. (about 150

words)

Include your date of birth.

Information about your parents

Educational history

Work history

Accomplishments

Learning about people.

You have ten minutes to write your autobiography.

Learning about people.

You have ten minutes to write your autobiography.

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Learning about people

Share your autobiography with your group and ask each other questions.