Music Festival

5th edition
Unit 9 Communication
Music festival SB p82 Advanced
Three days
Torbury Fields
and nights of music
deep in the countryside Forever
Join 4,000 revellers
–Sunday 28 Aug
for a three-day festival
2 6
ay
of folk, rock, and
i d ust
dance music
Fr
* Live bands from 10 a.m. to midnight
* Late night DJ sets
* Local ‘battle of the bands’ stage
* Food stalls, craft tents, bars, camping, and an on-site bakery
A B
You are the local council leader. Your job is to You are the local police inspector. You enjoy
promote the village, encourage tourism, and keep the peace and quiet of being a police officer in
the local residents happy – especially in an election a rural area. Your job is to ensure public safety.
year. Think of pros and cons of the proposed festival Think of pros and cons of the proposed festival
from your point of view. Note down your ideas, from your point of view. Note down your ideas,
and be prepared to discuss your views. and be prepared to discuss your views.
C D
You own the local music shop. You have spent
You are a local hotel owner. You have spent the
the last few years trying to keep your business
last few years, and a lot of money, developing your
alive, which has not been easy. You also play in
business into an exclusive vacation experience.
a band, and are a big music fan. Think of pros
Think of pros and cons of the proposed festival
and cons of the proposed festival from your
from your point of view. Note down your ideas,
point of view. Note down your ideas, and be
and be prepared to discuss your views.
prepared to discuss your views.
E F
You are a local farmer. A large area of your farm You are the head of the local parents’ group.
isn’t being used at the moment. Your elderly You feel that there needs to be more in the village
parents, who own the farm, are very traditional, but to attract young people, but you are also concerned
you are keen to find new ways to earn money from about losing the rural character of the village.
your land. Think of pros and cons of the proposed Think of pros and cons of the proposed festival
festival from your point of view. Note down your from your point of view. Note down your ideas,
ideas, and be prepared to discuss your views. and be prepared to discuss your views.
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5th edition
Unit 9 Communication Teacher’s notes
Music festival SB p82 Advanced
Pre-activity (10 minutes)

Aim
• Write on the board: Glastonbury (UK), Rock in Rio (Brazil), Tomorrowland
To role-play a discussion about a proposed (Belgium), Fuji Rock (Japan), Lollapalooza (USA). Ask students if they
music festival, and practise speaking with recognize the names and know what they have in common. (They are
correct stress and intonation all globally successful music festivals.)
Language • Ask students to work in pairs and discuss any large concerts or music
festivals they have attended. Elicit the expression pros and cons, and
Language of discussion, negotiation, and
discuss as a class what the pros and cons of a large music festival might
persuasion
be for people living in the area. Discuss who might be in favour of
Skills a festival, and who might be against, and why. Discuss the financial,
Speaking and Listening social, and environmental impacts of a festival on a local area.
Materials Procedure (40 minutes)

One copy of the worksheet per group of six • Explain to students that they are going to role-play a discussion.
students, cut up into cards Tell them they are members of a local residents’ group in the village
of Torbury. The village has a population of 4,000 and is in quiet
countryside, but is within easy reach of major airports and railway
stations. A concert promoter wants to run a three-day music festival on
the outskirts of their village and has sent a promotional poster to give
residents an idea of the proposed event. They need to decide whether
their village will host the festival or not. Explain that this is still a
proposal, so they can suggest changes to how the festival is organized.
• Put students in groups of six. If some groups are smaller, students can
double up on the roles for the role-play. Give each group a copy of the
poster and a set of role cards. Ask them to take one of the role cards
each. Allow them time to read the poster and their role card, and to
make notes on the pros and cons of the festival from their point of
view. Monitor and help with ideas if necessary.
• Ask students to discuss the festival in their groups and try to reach
agreement on what the village should do. Encourage them to try
to persuade other members of their group of their opinions. Before
students start, you could elicit and write on the board useful functional
language, e.g. expressions for giving opinions (As far as I’m concerned, … ,
In my opinion, … , If it were up to me, …) and expressions for agreeing
and disagreeing (I agree … , That’s right … , Sorry, but I can’t agree with
that.). Monitor and help as necessary during the discussion.
• Ask groups to tell the class what they agreed and why.
Extension (10 minutes)

• Write on the board: Torbury to hold festival. Ask students which words
give the key information and have the main stress (Torbury and festival).
Explain that students are going to add extra words to the sentence
but keep the same rhythm or ‘beat’. Put students in groups of four
(ABCD) and ask Student A to start. Each student adds a new word each
time but tries to say the sentence quickly enough to keep the ‘beat’ of
the sentence, e.g. Torbury to hold festival; Torbury to hold music festival;
Torbury set to hold music festival; Torbury set to hold summer music festival.
• Students should manage two goes each. Ask groups to say their final
sentence for the rest of the class.
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* Live bands from 10 a.m. to midnight

* Late night DJ sets

* Local ‘battle of the bands’ stage

* Food stalls, craft tents, bars, camping, and an on-site bakery

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Pre-activity (10 minutes)

Materials Procedure (40 minutes)

Extension (10 minutes)

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