My Classroom Speaking Activities For Adults. Part 12.

Happy Friday, dear readers!

I have a spare minute to share my new exercise for Upper-Intermediate adult students with you.

Target Language 1: Expressions which describe our interests

Target Language 2: Activities related to different spheres of life

Target Language 3: Present Simple

Target Language 4: Present Perfect Continuous

Task. Make up mini-dialogues.

Expressions describing interests:

- to be hooked on - to be into - to be keen on - to be nuts about - to be mad about

• In this exercise you also need to think of possible types of activities for each sphere of interest/life

Example:

A: Mike is hooked on business courses. He takes business courses every month.

B: How long/since what age has he been taking business courses?

A: He has been taking business courses for 2 years.

• Nick © Martial arts

• Amanda © handicraft

• Lisa and Harry © gardening

• Paul © video games

• Kelly © foreign languages

• Simon © travelling and cultures

• David and Tom © ancient history

• I © one popular series

• James © gambling games

• Stewart © Art

• Mason © fishing

• Larry © computer programming

• Alex © architecture

Possible answer to the dialogue with Nick:

A: Nick is keen on Martial arts. He does karate (a lot).

B: How long has he been doing karate?

A: He has been doing karate since 2000.

Possible activities (handicraft - to knit; gardening - to plant flowers; video games - to play; foreign languages - to take language courses; travelling and cultures - to visit foreign countries; ancient history - to read historical books; popular series - to watch; gambling games - to bet on ...; Art - to paint landscapes; fishing - to go; computer programming - to develop programs for ...; architecture - to design ...)

Enjoy it with your students!

YK xo