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22 UniT 02 | You call this art? Do you agree with how the article in 5 defines art? What is art to you? Listen to the kids from Whitehall discussing their art homework assignment and tick the words in 4 that you hear. Compare your results with a partner. If they’re not the same, ask your teacher to play the conversation again. Which of the topics would you like to write about? LISTENING 6 a 03 b M p. 12 c d Talking about art (continued) Work with a partner and choose five words from the list in 4. Write definitions of these words and create their word families. Check which verbs or nouns you can use with them. Share your lists to create a class pool of words that you can use to talk about the visual arts. Structuring informal discussions Listen to the discussion on art in 6 again and make a list of all the ‘filler words’ (e.g. well , I mean , you know ). Underline the words/phrases you hear more than once. Can you think of reasons why the speakers are using them? LANGUAGE 7 a b LANGUAGE 8 03 M p. 12 Your English language assistant would like to organise an English-speaking afternoon club focusing on art. He/She wants to find out what kind of art you are interested in and has suggested a few ideas. Discuss the ideas on the right with a partner and agree on two that you would like to do. SPEAKING 10 M p. 10 Refresh your memory: Paired activity Complete the advice for doing paired activities with words from the box below. There are two words you won’t need. come  convince  describe  disagree  discuss  express  follow  interrupt  observe  suggest  take  understand STRATEGIES 9 1 Read and the situational context. 2 turns speaking. 3 Let your partner know you what he/she says. 4 Agree or with your partner. 5 your partner politely to express your view if necessary. 6 Try to your partner with good arguments. 7 Make sure your partner can your arguments. 8 Invite your partner to his/her opinion. 9 all the aspects/ideas/issues given in the bullet points. 10 Try to to an agreement at the end. classical: ( adj. ) describing an art form which belongs to a long, formal tradition, e.g. classical music/ballet a classic: a typical or famous example or work of art Ideas for the English club:  films/TV shows  reading/creative writing  music/dance  painting/photography  acting/drama Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv