TV programmesand suggestions

Are You For Or Against TV?

What kinds of TV programmes do you know?

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)

Nature programme Sports programmmeTalk show Soap opera

Series CartoonNews Movie/film

documentary Lottery

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?

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)

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?

• 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

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?

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

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