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 THE LISTENING TAPESCRIPT
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I wonder how many times we have our hair cut in our

life. Hundreds. It would also be interesting to know how

many different hairstyles we have. I know the styles I

had when I was younger would look silly today. I really

like haircuts. It’s interesting sitting in the hairdresser’s

chair and watching the stylist do things. I often think a

good haircut is like art and the hairdresser is the artist. I

have had a few disastrous haircuts – usually when they

cut too much off. I need a long fringe because my face is

a strange shape. The best thing I like about haircuts is

having a chat to the hairdresser. He or she can usually

talk about anything and everything. I also like the smell

of everything when I’m sitting in the chair.

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 LISTENING GAP FILL
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_______________________ many times we have our hair cut in our

life. Hundreds. It would also be interesting

_______________________ many different hairstyles we have. I

know the styles I had when I was younger

_______________________ today. I really like haircuts. It’s

interesting _______________________ hairdresser’s chair and

watching the stylist do things. _______________________ a good

haircut _______________________ and the hairdresser is the artist.

I have had a few disastrous haircuts – usually when they

cut _______________________ . I need _______________________ because

my face is a strange shape. The best thing I like about

haircuts is _______________________ to the hairdresser. He or she

can usually talk about anything and everything. I also

_______________________ of everything when I’m sitting in the

chair.

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 CORRECT THE SPELLING
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life. Hundreds. It would also be interesting to know how

many different leahysistr we have. I know the styles I

had when I was younger would look lilsy today. I really

like haircuts. It’s interesting sitting in the hairdresser’s

chair and watching the issltyt do things. I often think a

good haircut is like art and the hairdresser is the rtsiat. I

have had a few srssitouda haircuts – usually when they

cut too much off. I need a long nrfige because my face is

a gernast shape. The best thing I like about haircuts is

having a chat to the hairdresser. He or she can usually

talk about anything and everything. I also like the esmll

of everything when I’m stgtiin in the chair.

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 UNJUMBLE THE WORDS
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chair and watching the stylist do things. I often think a

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cut too much off. need I face my because fringe long a is

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hairdresser the to chat a having. He or she can usually

talk about anything and everything. I also like the smell

when everything of chair the in sitting I’m.

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 DISCUSSION (Write your own questions)
STUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)

1. ________________________________________________________

2. ________________________________________________________

3. ________________________________________________________

4. ________________________________________________________

5. ________________________________________________________

6. ________________________________________________________
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DISCUSSION (Write your own questions)

STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)

1. ________________________________________________________

2. ________________________________________________________

3. ________________________________________________________

4. ________________________________________________________

5. ________________________________________________________

6. ________________________________________________________

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 STUDENT HAIRCUTS SURVEY
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Write five GOOD questions about haircuts in the table. Do this in pairs. Each
student must write the questions on his / her own paper.
When you have finished, interview other students. Write down their answers.

STUDENT 1 STUDENT 2 STUDENT 3

_____________ _____________ _____________

Q.1.

Q.2.

Q.3.

Q.4.

Q.5.

• Now return to your original partner and share and talk about what you found
out. Change partners often.
• Make mini-presentations to other groups on your findings.

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 WRITING
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Write about haircuts for 10 minutes. Show your partner

your paper. Correct each other’s work.

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 HOMEWORK

1. VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Choose several of the words

from the text. Use a dictionary or Google’s search field (or
another search engine) to build up more associations /
collocations of each word.

2. INTERNET INFO: Search the Internet and find more

information about haircuts. Talk about what you discover with
your partner(s) in the next lesson.

3. MAGAZINE ARTICLE: Write a magazine article about

haircuts. Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next
lesson. Give each other feedback on your articles.

4. HAIRCUTS POSTER Make a poster about haircuts. Show it to

your classmates in the next lesson. Give each other feedback on
your posters.

5. MY HAIRCUTS LESSON: Make your own English lesson on

haircuts. Make sure there is a good mix of things to do. Find
some good online activities. Teach the class / another group
when you have finished.

6. ONLINE SHARING: Use your blog, wiki, Facebook page,

MySpace page, Twitter stream, Del-icio-us / StumbleUpon
account, or any other social media tool to get opinions on
haircuts. Share your findings with the class.

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