Look at the photographs and answer the questions with your partner.

1.-How old are these teenagers? 2.-Where are they from? 3.-What are they doing? 4.-What kind of clothes are they wearing?

Make a list of aspects and activities that are typical of teenagers in Chile and all over the world.

Which of the pictures above do you think best represents a typical Chilean teenager?

Have a quick look at the texts and find all the cognates.What information can you already understand?

Find synonyms of the key words in English.

SYNONYMSSTYLES OF MUSIC

Blues: A kind of genre music Classical: Classical music. folk: Folklore music metal: A kind of rock music hip hop: A kind of music house: A kind of dance music Jazz: A kind of music R and B: Rythm and Blues Rap: A kind of music Pop: Popular music punk: A kind of rock music reggae: A kind of music from Jamaica Soul: A kind of black music

SYNONYMSFASHION

Baggy trousers: Loose trousers flared jeans: A wide leg trouser body piercing: A piercing in the body hair dye: To colour your hair sweatshirts with hoods: A piece of clothe used generally

by smick boys leather trousers: Trousers made by leather.

KEY WORDS: STYLES OF MUSIC

Blues, classical, folk, metal, hip hop, house, jazz, R and B, rap, pop, punk, reggae,soul.

KEY WORDS: FASHION

Baggy trousers, flared jeans, body piercing, hair dye, sweatshirts with hoods, leather trousers.

Teenagers in Belfast

Do you know the difference between a smick and a goth? A group of teenagers tell us about the different groups of young

people in Belfast on a Saturday night. 1.-Smick boys: wear baseball caps, big rings and tracksuits.

They like rap and house music. Smick girls usually dye their hair blond and wear lots of jewellery. 

2.-New Hippies: usually have long hair or dreadlocks and flared jeans. They are into groups like Nirvana and The Smashing Pumpkins but also listen to famous 60’s groups like Pink Floyd and the Beatles.

3.-Goths: wear black clothes and use lots of black eye make-up and black hair dye. They have really white faces. They don’t wear fashionable designer clothes. Goths are fanatical about groups like Pagans and Marilyn Manson.

4.-Skaters: always carry a skate board with them and wear expensive designer clothes. They wear buggy jeans and sweatshirts with hoods. They listen to Greenday.They sometimes wear baseball caps back to front. They never tie their shoe laces and show their underwear above their jeans.

5.- Punks: wear tight leather trousers and a lot of metal like chains. They wear leather jackets and big boots. They listen to bands like The Sex Pistols and The Ramones. Most punks have a lot of body piercing. They often make their hair spiky and dyed it different colours.

6.-Rockers: are small group. They usually have long hair. They often wear t-shirts with band names son them. They like music by Blink 182 and Metallica.

Many adults are scared when they see groups of young people in the street. They think that young people don’t care about anything. But this isn’t fair.These teenagers are just trying to find out who they are-the same as their parents did.

Smick boys: wear baseball caps, big rings and tracksuits. They like rap and house music. Smick girls usually dye their hair blond and wear lots of jewellery. 

New Hippies: usually have long hair or dreadlocks and flared jeans. They are into groups like Nirvana and The Smashing Pumpkins but also listen to famous 60’s groups like Pink Floyd and the Beatles.

Skaters: always carry a skate board with them and wear expensive designer clothes. They wear buggy jeans and sweatshirts with hoods. They listen to Greenday.They sometimes wear baseball caps back to front. They never tie their shoe laces and show their underwear above their jeans.

Punks: wear tight leather trousers and a lot of metal like chains. They wear leather jackets and big boots. They listen to bands like The Sex Pistols and The Ramones. Most punks have a lot of body piercing. They often make their hair spiky and dyed it different colours.

Goths: wear black clothes and use lots of black eye make-up and black hair dye. They have really white faces. They don’t wear fashionable designer clothes. Goths are fanatical about groups like Pagans and Marilyn Manson.

Rockers: are small group. They usually have long hair. They often wear t-shirts with band names son them. They like music by Blink 182 and Metallica.

WHILE ACTIVITIES

Read the text and answer these questions. Are these young people typical teenagers?

Why? Why not? What nationality are they? Do you think these teenagers like going to

the city every Saturday? How do you think these teenagers study? Is internet important for them? Why? Why

not?

New Hippies

Skaters Punks

Always

Usually

Sometimes

Often

Never

ARE THESE SENTENCES TRUE OR FALSE?

1.-___F___

2.-___F___

3.-___T___

4.-___F___

5.- ___T___

6.-___F___

Smick girls usually have black hair.

Hippies wear tight jeans.

Goths don’t like designer clothes.

Skaters usually dye their hair blond.

Punk often have pierced ears or eyebrows.

Rockers don’t usually have long hair.

Which of the groups in the text do you like most?

Tell the class and give your reasons

SENTENCE BUILDER

Expressing opinions:

I think that ( Affirmative Form )

I don’t think that ( Negative Form )

Expressing opinions

1.- Baggy trousers ( great / horrible )

Example:

I think that baggy trousers are great I don’t think that baggy trousers are horrible.

2.- Flared jeans ( cool / unfashionable )

3.- Body piercing ( dangerous / cool )

4.- Hair dye ( attractive / horrible )

5.- Sweatshirts with hoods ( cool / scary )

6.-Leather trousers ( uncool / attractive )

SPEAKING ACTIVITY

Work in pairs. Ask and answer the questions with your own personal information.

1.-What are your favourite colours for clothes?

I like / I don’t like.

a) black colours b) very bright colours c) black

2.- What do you like in T-shirts? I like / I don’t like

a)Designer labelsb)Band namesc) Anti war slogans

3.- What sort of trousers do you prefer?I like / I don’t like

a) Designer blue jeansb) Colourful, flared trousersc) Baggy jeans

4.- What have you got on your bedroom walls? I have……

a) Posters of fashion models and film stars.b) Posters from your favourite comedy or

cartoons.c ) Pictures of rappers or heavy metal

rock stars.

LANGUAGE SPOT

1.-Read these sentences from the text.

a- Punks wear tight leather trousers. b.- Skaters always carry a skateboard with

them. c.- New Hippies usually have long hair.

2.-Answer these questions:

a.-What do these sentences express?. Choose an alternative

1.- Actions or events that happened in the past.

2.-Actions or events that are happening now. 3.-Actions or events that are habitual.

b.- What verb tense are we using?

1.- The Present Continuous Tense. 2.- The Past SimpleTense 3.- The Present Simple Tense.

c.- What special words are used to express the frequency of the activity?. Identify them in the sentences.

3.- Copy and complete this general rule in your notebook.

We use the Present Simple tense for permanent states, repeated actions and daily routines.

General truths and laws of nature. For timetables and programmes.

The Present Simple is used with the following time expressions: always, usually, often , sometimes, rarely / seldom , never.

These time expressions are called Frequency Adverbs.

POSITION OF THE FREQUENCY ADVERBS IN A SENTENCE.

When we have the verb To Be, the adverb is placed after it, for example:

He is always late.

When we have any other verb, we place the Frequency Adverb before it, for example:

She usually goes to the cinema.

4.- Go back to the text and find other examples of this verb tense. Write them in your notebook and underline the frequency adverb.

Write two sentences about yourself and your partner expressing your habitual activities.

a- I always…………………and………………… b.- I never………………..or …………………… c.- My partner…………….and ………………. d.- My partner……………or……………………

ASSESSMENT

Write sentences that are true for you using the Frequency Adverbs in the box ( 10 points )

1.- swimming 2.-eating 3.-sleeping 4.-listening to music 5.-using the computer

alwaysHardly ever

usuallysometime

snever

Thank you for your attention….See you next class