Let's Talk About Our Hobbies!

• Engels
• MBO
• Studiejaar 1-3

Let's Talk About Our Hobbies!

Learning Objective

At the end of the lesson, you will be able to have a conversation in English about your hobbies.

Introduce the learning objective and make sure students understand what they will be able to do by the end of the lesson.

What do you already know about hobbies?

Vocabulary

Review vocabulary related to hobbies: hobby, interest, passion, leisure time, activity, etc.

Present and explain vocabulary that will be used in the conversation. Encourage students to take notes.

Conversation Practice

Prepare a conversation about your hobbies.

Pair up with a classmate and share your hobbies. 

The conversation should be around 1-2 minutes

Give students time to practice with a partner. Encourage them to use the vocabulary from the previous slide.

Asking for Details

To ask for more details about someone's hobby, you can use questions like: 

• 'What do you like about it?' 
• 'How often do you do it?'
• 'Where do you do it?'
• 'Why do you do it?'

Introduce common questions used in conversations about hobbies. Explain how to use these questions.

Giving Details

Example sentences:

• When: I go to the gym 3 times a week when I’m not to busy at work 
• Where: I go to the gym down the street from my house after or before work if I’m not too busy 
• Why: I started going to the gym this year to improve my health 
• Dislikes: I don’t like going to the beach because the sand gets everywhere in my clothes 

Introduce common phrases used to describe hobbies. Explain how to use these phrases.

Conversation Practice

Pair up with a different classmate and have a longer conversation about your hobbies. Use the questions and phrases from the previous slides.

The converstation should be around 3-4 minutes

Give students time to practice with a different partner. Encourage them to use the questions and phrases from the previous slides.

Listening Practice

Listen to a conversation between two people talking about their hobbies. Pay attention to what they're saying and how they say it.

Any questions?

Play an audio or video clip of a conversation about hobbies. Prepare questions for students to answer after listening.

Wrap-up

What did we learn today?

Summarize the lesson and highlight important vocabulary and phrases. Encourage students to continue practicing on their own.

Write down 3 things you learned in this lesson.

Have students enter three things they learned in this lesson. With this they can indicate their own learning efficiency of this lesson.

Write down 2 things you want to know more about.

Here, students enter two things they would like to know more about. This not only increases involvement, but also gives them more ownership.

Ask 1 question about something you haven't quite understood yet.

The students indicate here (in question form) with which part of the material they still have difficulty. For the teacher, this not only provides insight into the extent to which the students understand/master the material, but also a good starting point for the next lesson.