speaking activities + teacher's notes. talking about fashion and appearance. discussion ideas...

Talking about Fashion and appearanceDiscussion ideas

and throught-provoking questions

Developed by Alina Dashkewitz

• Watch the video and express your opinion about the show (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTBvN7vaj94)

Remember to include arguments for and against your point of view

Pop Idol

Remember to keep the structure of an opinion speech and use linking and transition words to make your speech smooth and coherent.

Teacher’s Notes

• Each of the following slides features one question. When discussion is held among more than 6 students, it is a good idea to organize it in the form of a “speed dating” activity.

“Speed dating” activityArrange the chair in two rows so that each of the

students are facing another fellow student.

(If the classroom doesn’t allow for this, then the students can simply be standing in two lines facing

each other).

The students will see a question projected on the whiteboard. They will have three minutes to discuss this issue with the person sitting/standing opposite to

them.

“Speed dating” activityWhen the instructor changes the slide, each person sitting in the front row needs to change their seat,

moving one seat to the right, so that everyone in the front row changes their places clockwise. The students in the back row remain in their seats (see the graph on

the next slide).

After the students in the first row make the move, everyone is facing a new speaking partner. Discuss the

new question with your new partner for two minutes, then the question will change again and the students sitting in the front row will have to move again as well.

“Speed dating” pattern

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Are you concerned about clothes?

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Do you follow fashion?

Photo credit: https://www.flickr.com/photos/studiodxavier/

Have you ever been embarrassed by the clothes you wore?

Photo credit: https://www.flickr.com/photos/snowdeal/

When do you dress up?

What do you look for when you buy clothes?

Photo credit: https://www.flickr.com/photos/froderberg/

Do you know anyone who has changed their appearance by getting a body piercing (a getting a

navel ring, piercing their tongue, lips, etc. )

Photo credit: https://www.flickr.com/photos/jooferr/

How do you think fashion will change in the future?

Fashion as imagined in 1893 - The Future Dictates of Fashion by W. Cade Gall

What do you think of wearing colored contact lenses?

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Would you ever consider getting a tattoo? Why?/ Why not?

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Would you ever consider getting a makeover? Why?/Why not? What kind of people usually decide to have a makeover?

Watch the following video before t

he discussion:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v

=r4VLnU3YQukPhoto credit: https://www.flickr.com/photos/mr_mohammed/

What is the role of fashion to one’s happiness?

Photo credit: https://www.flickr.com/photos/salvadordeluniverso/

Is makeup only for women?

Buying a New You: South Koreans

Escape in Fashion Trends

Watch the following video about a

growing number of men in South

Korea who discover makeup.

Express your opinion on this issue.

http://news.linktv.org/videos/buying

-a-new-you-south-koreans-escape-

in-fashion-trends

“Four corners” ActivityThe Teacher shows the

Students a topic sentence (see the

next several slides) and each of the Students goes to a corner that corresponds to their personal opinion on this issue (Students who don’t agree

with the statement go to the corner

marked DISAGREE,

students who support the

statement, go to the corner marked

AGREE and so on).

“Four corners” Activity

Then each “corner” present their point of view to the other groups ( can either

be presented by one student or each student can present a paragraph of the speech). Remind the Students to

keep the structure of an opinion

speech

The following several slides feature

discussion statements for the ‘”four

corner” activity.

The fashion industry works by making people feel bad about the way they look.

Photo credit: https://www.flickr.com/photos/kalexanderson/

You shouldn’t judge people by the clothes they wear.

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It is not important to look fashionable if you want success in life.

Photo credit: https://www.flickr.com/photos/tetrapak/

Good-looking people are more successful.

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Good-looking people have the avantage of the Halo effect.

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Plastic surgery has become modern beauty.

Permanent makeup tatoos will become a norm in the future.

Photo credt: https://www.flickr.com/photos/shout-it/

In the future we will use 3-D printers to make clothes, which means you will be able to buy a code of your new pants or

dress and print them at home.

Source: http://mashable.com/2014/04/04/francis-bitonti-3d-printing/

Developed by Alina Dashkevich