TV
1. When and where do you usually watch TV?
2. Who do you usually watch TV with?
3. Can you describe your television if you have one at home? How is it, and why did you buy that brand and model?
4. Have you ever appeared on TV? Did you speak? And what did you talk about?
5. If you haven’t appeared on TV, do you have any friends or relatives who were on TV? What was it about?
6. Tell us your favourite TV programmes. And why do you like them?
7. What are the best Turkish TV series? What are they about?
8. What are the best foreign TV series? And why do you think so?
9. Tell us the TV programmes which you liked when you were younger
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EXAMPLE ANSWERS: TV
1. I don’t have a TV in my house. That’s why I watch TV when I visit relatives.
2. I watch TV with my mother and my wife.
3. I don’t have a TV but a projector and sound system in my living room. It is about 3 metres wide
4. I have appeared on TV about 15-20 times. I talked about Spoken Cafe and how people should learn English.
5. My cousin is an actress. She acted in some TV series.
6. My favourite TV program is “How it is made” I like it because it shows how things are made
7. The best Turkish TV series is Gibi. It is about 3 close friends living in the same apartment. They have funny and absurd adventures.
8. The best foreign TV series is Lost. Because it has a very clever story and mysterious incidents
9. As a child, I watched Knight Rider, A-Team and MacGyver. Knight Rider was a TV series about Michael Knight and his high-tech car, the KITT. It was very exciting. The A-team was exciting and fun, too. MacGyver was my hero. He was a very clever man. He solved all problems with his intelligence. He always had practical solutions to problems.
Watch the video above and discuss what you learned from it during your Spoken Cafe session
A Look Back at 2009 and Spoken Cafe
For some of our students, 2009 does not feel like a long time ago. But things were very different then! In 2009, the phone in the picture above was the newest mobile phone, and millions of people used it.
At that time, the Dollar was 1.45 TL, and a quarter gold coin was about 80 TL. People still used the new Turkish Lira (YTL), but many called it “a million Lira” because they remembered the old money.
In 2009, people could still smoke in public buildings, restaurants, and cafes. That has changed today.
At the movies, some big films were popular. These included Avatar, Up, and Angels & Demons.
Technology in 2009 was not as good as it is today. But Spoken Cafe was ahead of its time! Even then, our followers could watch our sessions online and ask questions during the live broadcast on our website.
Spoken Cafe is always working to build its system and make it better. We started at a different time, but we keep improving every year.
Watch the video above and discuss what you learned from it during your Spoken Cafe session
READ/SPEAK
Tell us about the 2000s. What do you remember from that decade, like TV series, cartoons, singers, etc.?
Do you remember what kind of phone you used in 2009?
What exactly did you do in 2009? Were you happier then or are you happier now? Why?
What do you think about the changes in technology from 2009 to now?
The show has ended, and go home now
Example: What are we waiting for now? Elvis has left the building.
LEARN THE IDIOM AND SPEAK
When did you last go to a concert? Whose concert was it, and did you like it?