CELEBRITY TIME WELCOME BACK!

WELCOME TO A NEW EDITION OF OUR ENGLISH COURSE!

We are coming back in style talking about celebrities, success and fame!

In a world where big names are constantly on the spot, let´s discuss what these three concepts mean:

CAN YOU GIVE A DEFINITION FOR THESE WORDS?

CELEBRITIES 




SUCCESS





FAME




CONVERSATION QUESTIONS:

Choose those questions that appeal to you most and discuss them with your partner:

• Have you ever seen a celebrity in person? What did you do?
• Who are the celebrities in the news at the moment?
• What does it take to be a celebrity? 
• How many celebrity couples can you name?
• Which celebrity would you like to meet? What would you do if you could spend a day with this person?
• Do you think famous people have the right to have a private life?
• Do you think it's moral to sell your private life to the media?
• Do you approve of people who become famous as a consequence of appearing again and again in the media and not because of having an artistic career?
• What are the pros and cons of being a celebrity?
• What do you think of fans and fan-clubs ?
• Did you have any heroes when you were a teenager?
• Why do you think adolescents need to have heroes?
• Do you think being a celebrity automatically means the person is intelligent?
• Which celebrity do you most admire and why ?
• Would you like to be famous ? Why or why not ?
• Do you think there is a relationship between beauty and celebrity ?
• Are famous people happy?
• Should celebrities be role models?
• Do you think that some celebrities earn much more money than they deserve taking into consideration what they produce?

HOT SEAT CELEBRITY TIME!!

CAN YOU GUESS WHO I AM ?

- In teams write a list of 5 famous people.

- Members in your team take turns to describe one of the famous people in your list and the next team tries to guess who is it.

- Use structures:
He/She is a/an .....actor/politician......
He/She is British/Italian/Spanish.....
He/She is famous for........

Big publications like Time or The Economist make annual lists of the most influential people.

The 100 Most Influential People in the World 2017

 

Please debate:

Do publications in Spain list influential people?

Do you believe there is an difference between power and influence?

Do celebs have a right to a private life?

Watch this great three- minute TED- Talk about success:

8 SECRETS OF SUCCESS by Richard St. John