News Flash English :: Junifest is Back!

START

1. BEER FESTIVALS: Have you ever been to a beer festival? Where? How was it? Go round the room swapping stories. Change partners often.

2. DICTATION: The teacher will read some of the article slowly and clearly. Students will write down what they hear. The teacher will repeat the passage slowly again. Self correct your work from page 2 - filling in spaces and correcting mistakes. Be honest with yourself on the number of errors. Advise the teacher of your total number of errors. Less than 5 is very good. 10 are acceptable. Any more is room for improvement! More than 20 - we need to do some work!

3. READING: Get students to read the passage aloud. Swap readers every paragraph.

4. VOCABULARY: Students look through the article. Underline/highlight any vocabulary you do not know. Look in dictionaries. Discuss and help each other out. The teacher will go through & explain any words or phrases you do not understand.

5. BEER: With your partner think of 6 different beers. Discuss. List them in your preferred drinking order!

1	4
2	5
3	6

6. BEER FESTIVALS: Think of 10 different things you can do at a beer festival. Create a short story to tell your partner linking your words.

1	6
2	7
3	8
4	9
5	10

7. BUSINESS BEER: Discuss the following business points to do with beer with your partner.

Student A
a) Small breweries make better beer and should be encouraged to grow.
b) Big breweries closing uneconomic pubs.
c) Village pubs closing and being turned into homes (e.g. in the UK).
d) More real ale being made.
Student B
a) The growth in microbreweries.
b) Less tax by the government on beer.
c) More beer festivals
d) Brewery takeovers by the top brewing companies

8. TWO-MINUTE DISCUSSION: Discuss the following with your partner...

a) Too many young people get drunk
b) The legal age of drinking alcohol should be raised to 21
c) Drinking alcohol at home before the age of 18 should be banned

9. BEER FESTIVALS: Spend one minute writing down all of the different words you associate with beer festivals. Share your words with your partner and talk about them. Together, put the words into different categories.

10. THREE SENTENCES: Choose six/nine of these words. Write three sentences using two/three different words in each. Try to associate them with beer festivals. Discuss with your partner. Spend five minutes on this exercise.

11. SENTENCE STARTERS: With your partner(s), finish these sentence starters. Change partner(s) and talk about the sentences you made.

a)The beer festival ________________________________________________
b)Slovak beers ___________________________________________________
c)Beer sales _____________________________________________________
d)Consumption ___________________________________________________
e)Slovak merriment _______________________________________________
f)Entertainment __________________________________________________

12. ARTICLE QUIZ: With your partner or in small groups: (1 point for each correct answer. Lose ½ point if you look at the article for help!)

Student A
1) What is the name of the beer festival in Bratislava?
2) Which heavy metal British group is headlining?
3) How many years has the Bratislava beer festival been running?
4) What is new this year?
5) Name 3 gourmet foods.
6) What time is the beer festival on?
7) What are the proceeds of the beauty pageant going towards?
Student B
1) How can the audience vote in the beauty pageant?
2) Name 3 beers mentioned.
3) Name the other beer festival.
4) What date is the Bratislava beer festival?
5) What happens on the opening night?
6) What event is being recorded for TV?
7) Name the legend of Czechoslovak pop music.

SPEAKING

ROLE PLAY: BEER FESTIVAL:
With your partner or in groups of three/four:
You are at a beer festival. Discuss the following...

	Findings
Best beer
Best imported beer
Best local beer
Comparison with other beer festivals
Activities taking place in festival (imagine!)
Best brewery
Your theme (subject)

The teacher will select some students to discuss their situations in front of the class.

AFTER READING / LISTENING

1. TRUE / FALSE: After reading the article guess whether these sentences are true (T) or false (F): If false, why?

a.	Junifest is now in its 5th year	T / F
b.	British rock legends Status Quo will be performing at the festival	T / F
c.	Miss Junifest 2008 promises to be a lot of fun	T / F
d.	SMS messaging will raise money for oncology patients	T / F
e.	Beers on tap include Guinness, Rebel and Old Bob	T / F
f.	One of the events will be recorded for TV	T / F
g.	Beer drinkers can drink from a schooner	T / F
h.	KFC will be available at the event	T / F

2. SYNONYM MATCH: Match the following synonyms from the article:

a.	Festival	Highlight
b.	Programme	Fun
c.	Audience	Different
d.	Merriment	Choice
e.	Schooner	Itinerary
f.	Alternatively	Upgrade
g.	Climax	Crowd
h.	Selection	Pint glass
i.	Various	Event
j.	Improvement	Another option

3. PHRASE MATCH: Match the following phrases from the article:

a.	This years 5^th annual Junifest beer festival	its climax on Wednesday
b.	The Slovak version offers crowds	offers the greatest stars
c.	The unique musical, entertainment and	selection of draught beers
d.	The cultural and entertainment programme	opens in Bratislava on Friday
e.	Opening night sees	British heavy metal legends Judas Priest
f.	Fans of hard rock will be able to see	from 4pm-2am
g.	The programme will meet	gourmet event is definitely worth a visit
h.	Junifest takes place daily	will include pork ribs, pork knee…
i.	Festival visitors will discover a rich	a country music festival
j.	Various gourmet specialities	a fun summer night out

GAP FILL: READING

Put the words into the gaps in the text.

Junifest is back! This years 5th annual Junifest ____ festival opens in Bratislava on Friday at the Incheba exhibition centre. The ten-day _____ that is on between the 13th-22nd June offers many different beers and much Slovak _________! Inspired by Munich’s famous Oktoberfest – the Slovak _______ offers crowds a fun summer night out. The ______ musical, entertainment and _______ event is definitely worth a visit! The cultural and entertainment programme offers the greatest stars of Slovak and Czech pop music, together with folklore, rock, country and dance music. Opening night sees a country music festival followed on the Saturday by František Nedved from the Czech Republic live on stage. The _________ of Sunday’s programme of folk and traditional music will be a performance of the Zlaté Husle orchestra. The event will be recorded for TV. Martin Jakubec and the Akcent group also _______.		version highlight beer unique gourmet feature merriment event
Fans of hard rock will be able to see British heavy metal ______ Judas Priest performing live in the Expo Arena on the 16th June. Alternatively in Hall B is the Junifest Top Dance Party with DJ Marco V from Holland and Michael C from the Czech Republic. The programme will reach its ______ on Wednesday 18th June when the legend of Czechoslovak pop music Olympic ________. The 21st June sees another Fredy Ayisi Fitness Dance & Zumba Party. Junifest takes place daily from 4pm to 2am. ________ visitors will discover a rich selection of draught beers from various _________ including Stein, Staropramen, Rebel, Budweiser Budvar, Guinness, and Kaltenecker. Beers are served into large one-litre _________. Various gourmet specialities will include pork ribs, pork knee, goose, and potato pancakes. This year sees Miss Junifest 2008. The beauty ______’s audience can vote through SMS. Proceeds of this event will go towards the improvement of the quality of _______ patients and their families. All in all, this years Junifest promises to be a lot of fun. Further information can be found at www.junifest.sk		festival breweries headline pageant legends schooners oncology climax

GAP FILL: LISTENING:

Listen and fill in the spaces.

Junifest is back!

This years 5th annual Junifest beer festival opens in Bratislava on Friday at the Incheba exhibition centre. The ten-day event that is on between the 13th-22nd June offers many different beers and much ________________! Inspired by Munich’s famous Oktoberfest – the Slovak version offers crowds a fun ________________. The unique musical, entertainment and gourmet event is definitely worth a visit! The __________________________ programme offers the greatest stars of Slovak and Czech pop music, together with folklore, rock, country and dance music. Opening night sees a ______________________ followed on the Saturday by František Nedved from the Czech Republic live on stage. The highlight of Sunday’s programme of folk and traditional music will ___________________ the Zlaté Husle orchestra. The event ____________________ TV. Martin Jakubec and the Akcent group also feature.

Fans of hard rock will be able to see British ___________________ Judas Priest performing live ____________________ the 16th June. Alternatively in Hall B is the Junifest Top Dance Party with DJ Marco V from Holland and Michael C from the Czech Republic. The programme will reach its climax on Wednesday 18th June when the legend of ______________________ Olympic headline. The 21st June sees another Fredy Ayisi Fitness Dance & Zumba Party. Junifest takes place daily from 4pm to 2am. Festival visitors will discover a rich selection of draught beers from various breweries including Stein, Staropramen, Rebel, Budweiser Budvar, Guinness, and Kaltenecker. Beers are served into large ___________________. Various gourmet specialities will include pork ribs, pork knee, goose, and potato pancakes. This year sees __________________. The beauty pageant’s audience can vote through SMS. Proceeds of this event will go towards the improvement of the quality of oncology patients and their families. All in all, this years Junifest promises __________________. Further information can be found at www.junifest.sk

DISCUSSION

STUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)
1) Did the headline make you want to read the article?
2) Did anything in the article surprise you?
3) Have you ever been to a beer festival?
4) Which is your favourite beer?
5) Do you drink any other drinks?
6) Have you ever drunk a pint of bitter?
7) How many beer festivals have you been to and where were they?
8) Do you drink 80 litres of beer a year?
9) Is beer expensive where you live?
10) Should governments hold down beer prices?

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STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)
1) Did you like reading this article?
2) What do you think about what you read?
3) What is real ale?
4) What do you think of beer festivals?
5) Are you a real ale fan?
6) Have you ever been to a beer festival in another country?
7) What is your favourite pub?
8) What is your favourite pub grub?
9) Should bars allow children inside?
10) Did you like this discussion?

AFTER DISCUSSION: Join another partner / group and tell them what you talked about.
a.What was the most interesting thing you heard?
b.Was there a question you didn’t like?
c.Was there something you totally disagreed with?
d.What did you like talking about?
e.Which was the most difficult question?

LANGUAGE:

CORRECT WORD:

Choose the correct words from a–d below and write them in the article.

This years 5th annual Junifest beer festival (1)__ in Bratislava on Friday at the Incheba exhibition centre. The ten-day event (2)__ is on between the 13th-22nd June offers many different beers and (3)__ Slovak merriment! (4)__ by Munich’s famous Oktoberfest – the Slovak version offers (5)__ a fun summer night out. The unique musical, entertainment and gourmet event is definitely worth a visit! The cultural and entertainment programme offers the greatest stars of Slovak and Czech pop music, together with folklore, rock, country and dance music. Opening night sees a country music (6)__ followed on the Saturday by František Nedved from the Czech Republic live on (7)__. The (8)__ of Sunday’s programme of folk and traditional music will be a performance of the Zlaté Husle orchestra. The event will be recorded for TV. Martin Jakubec and the Akcent group also feature.

Fans of hard rock will be able to see British heavy metal legends Judas Priest performing live in the Expo Arena on the 16th June. Alternatively in Hall B is the Junifest Top Dance Party with DJ Marco V from Holland and Michael C from the Czech Republic. The programme will reach its climax on Wednesday 18th June (9)__ the legend of Czechoslovak pop music Olympic headline. The 21st June sees (10)__ Fredy Ayisi Fitness Dance & Zumba Party. Junifest takes place daily from 4pm to 2am. Festival visitors will discover a rich selection of draught beers from various breweries including Stein, Staropramen, Rebel, Budweiser Budvar, Guinness, and Kaltenecker. Beers are served into large one-litre schooners. Various gourmet specialities will include pork ribs, pork knee, goose, and potato pancakes. This year sees Miss Junifest 2008. The beauty pageant’s audience can vote through SMS. (11)__ of this event will go towards the improvement of the quality of oncology patients and their families. All in all, this years Junifest promises to be a lot of (12)__. Further information can be found at www.junifest.sk

1.	(a)	open	(b)	opens	(c)	opening	(d)	opened
2.	(a)	then	(b)	their	(c)	that	(d)	than
3.	(a)	a lot of	(b)	many	(c)	more	(d)	much
4.	(a)	inspire	(b)	inspired	(c)	inspired	(d)	inspiring
5.	(a)	crowds	(b)	crowded	(c)	crowd	(d)	crowding
6.	(a)	get together	(b)	gathering	(c)	drink up	(d)	festival
7.	(a)	stage	(b)	store	(c)	set	(d)	strings
8.	(a)	highbrow	(b)	highlander	(c)	highlight	(d)	highlife
9.	(a)	why	(b)	where	(c)	who	(d)	when
10.	(a)	another	(b)	other	(c)	more	(d)	brother
11.	(a)	proceed	(b)	proceeds	(c)	proceedings	(d)	proceeded
11.	(a)	bun	(b)	sun	(c)	fun	(d)	pun

GRAMMAR 1: MIDWAY

Put the words into the gaps in the text.

Junifest is back!

(1)__ years 5^th annual Junifest beer festival opens in Bratislava on Friday at the Incheba exhibition centre. The ten-day event (2)__ is on between the 13^th-22^nd June offers (3)__ different beers and (4)__ Slovak merriment! Inspired by Munich’s famous Oktoberfest – the Slovak version offers crowds a fun summer night out. The unique musical, entertainment and gourmet event is definitely worth a visit! The cultural and entertainment programme offers the greatest stars of Slovak and Czech pop music, together (5)__ folklore, rock, country and dance music. Opening night sees a country music festival followed on the Saturday by František Nedved (6)__ the Czech Republic live on stage. The highlight of Sunday’s programme of folk and traditional music will be a performance of the Zlaté Husle orchestra. The event will be recorded for TV. Martin Jakubec and the Akcent group (7)__ feature.

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Fans of hard rock will be able to see British heavy metal legends Judas Priest performing live in the Expo Arena on the 16^th June. Alternatively in Hall B is the Junifest Top Dance Party with DJ Marco V from Holland and Michael C from the Czech Republic. The programme will reach its climax on Wednesday 18^th June (1)__ the legend of Czechoslovak pop music Olympic headline. The 21^st June sees (2)__ Fredy Ayisi Fitness Dance & Zumba Party. Junifest takes place daily from 4pm to 2am. Festival visitors will discover a rich selection of draught beers (3)__ various breweries including Stein, Staropramen, Rebel, Budweiser Budvar, Guinness, and Kaltenecker. Beers are served (4)__ large one-litre schooners. Various gourmet specialities will include pork ribs, pork knee, goose, and potato pancakes. (5)__ year sees Miss Junifest 2008. The beauty pageant’s audience can vote (6)__ SMS. Proceeds of this event will go towards the improvement of the quality of oncology patients and (7)__ families. All in all, this years Junifest promises to be a lot of fun. Further information (8)__ be found at www.junifest.sk

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GRAMMAR 2: EASY

Put the words into the gaps in the text.

Junifest is back!

This years 5^th annual Junifest beer festival opens (1)__ Bratislava on Friday (2)__ the Incheba exhibition centre. The ten-day event that is on between the 13^th-22^nd June offers many different beers and much Slovak merriment! Inspired (3)__ Munich’s famous Oktoberfest – the Slovak version offers crowds a fun summer night out. The unique musical, entertainment and gourmet event is definitely worth a visit! The cultural and entertainment programme offers the greatest stars (4)__ Slovak and Czech pop music, together with folklore, rock, country (5)__ dance music. Opening night sees (6)__ country music festival followed on the Saturday by František Nedved from the Czech Republic live (7)__ stage. The highlight of Sunday’s programme of folk and traditional music will be a performance of the Zlaté Husle orchestra. The event will be recorded (8)__ TV. Martin Jakubec and the Akcent group also feature.

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Fans of hard rock will be able to see British heavy metal legends Judas Priest performing live in (1)__ Expo Arena (2)__ the 16^th June. Alternatively in Hall B is the Junifest Top Dance Party with DJ Marco V from Holland and Michael C from the Czech Republic. The programme will reach (3)__ climax on Wednesday 18^th June when the legend of Czechoslovak pop music Olympic headline. The 21^st June sees another Fredy Ayisi Fitness Dance & Zumba Party. Junifest takes place daily from 4pm (4)__ 2am. Festival visitors will discover (5)__ rich selection of draught beers from various breweries including Stein, Staropramen, Rebel, Budweiser Budvar, Guinness, (6)__ Kaltenecker. Beers are served into large one-litre schooners. Various gourmet specialities will include pork ribs, pork knee, goose, and potato pancakes. This year sees Miss Junifest 2008. The beauty pageant’s audience can vote through SMS. Proceeds of this event will go towards the improvement of the quality of oncology patients and their families. All in all, this years Junifest promises to be a lot (7)__fun. Further information can be found (8)__ www.junifest.sk

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HOMEWORK

1. NEWSPAPER ARTICLE: Write an article on “How drinking tastes have changed over the years” (You may need to use the internet for this!) (Minimum 200 words)

2. NEWSPAPER ARTICLE: Write an article on “I went to a beer festival and…” (You may need to use the internet for this!) (Minimum 200 words)

Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Which article was best and why?

WRITING: IN CLASS:

1. FIVE-MINUTE ARTICLE: Write an article on “How drinking tastes have changed over the years” You have five minutes. Afterwards swap articles with your partner. Read through their article and correct any mistakes. The teacher will select some students to read out their work. Countdown: Every minute the teacher may say, “You have xx minutes.”

2. FIVE-MINUTE ARTICLE: Write an article on “I went to a beer festival and…” You have five minutes. Afterwards swap articles with your partner. Read through their article and correct any mistakes. The teacher will select some students to read out their work. Countdown: Every minute the teacher may say, “You have xx minutes.”

SPELLING TEST

The teacher will ask the class individually to spell the following words that are in the article:

1 festival	11 headline
2 performance	12 legends
3 quality	13 annual
4 further	14 merriment
5 together	15 unique
6 different	16 highlight
7 definitely	17 alternatively
8 various	18 improvement
9 draught	19 oncology
10 feature	20 information

ANSWERS: 1

TRUE / FALSE:

a. T

b. F

c. F

d. T

e. F

f. T

g. T

h. F

SYNONYM MATCH:

a.	Festival	Event
b.	Programme	Itinerary
c.	Audience	Crowd
d.	Merriment	Fun
e.	Schooner	Pint glass
f.	Alternatively	Another option
g.	Climax	Highlight
h.	Selection	Choice
i.	Various	Different
j.	Improvement	Upgrade

PHRASE MATCH:

a.	This years 5^th annual Junifest beer festival	opens in Bratislava on Friday
b.	The Slovak version offers crowds	a fun summer night out
c.	The unique musical, entertainment and	gourmet event is definitely worth a visit
d.	The cultural and entertainment programme	offers the greatest stars
e.	Opening night sees	a country music festival
f.	Fans of hard rock will be able to see	British heavy metal legends Judas Priest
g.	The programme will meet	its climax on Wednesday
h.	Junifest takes place daily	from 4pm-2am
i.	Festival visitors will discover a rich	selection of draught beers
j.	Various gourmet specialities	will include pork ribs, pork knee…

GAP FILL: Junifest is back! This years 5^th annual Junifest beer festival opens in Bratislava on Friday at the Incheba exhibition centre. The ten-day event that is on between the 13^th-22^nd June offers many different beers and much Slovak merriment! Inspired by Munich’s famous Oktoberfest – the Slovak version offers crowds a fun summer night out. The unique musical, entertainment and gourmet event is definitely worth a visit! The cultural and entertainment programme offers the greatest stars of Slovak and Czech pop music, together with folklore, rock, country and dance music. Opening night sees a country music festival followed on the Saturday by František Nedved from the Czech Republic live on stage. The highlight of Sunday’s programme of folk and traditional music will be a performance of the Zlaté Husle orchestra. The event will be recorded for TV. Martin Jakubec and the Akcent group also feature. Fans of hard rock will be able to see British heavy metal legends Judas Priest performing live in the Expo Arena on the 16^th June. Alternatively in Hall B is the Junifest Top Dance Party with DJ Marco V from Holland and Michael C from the Czech Republic. The programme will reach its climax on Wednesday 18^th June when the legend of Czechoslovak pop music Olympic headline. The 21^st June sees another Fredy Ayisi Fitness Dance & Zumba Party. Junifest takes place daily from 4pm to 2am. Festival visitors will discover a rich selection of draught beers from various breweries including Stein, Staropramen, Rebel, Budweiser Budvar, Guinness, and Kaltenecker. Beers are served into large one-litre schooners. Various gourmet specialities will include pork ribs, pork knee, goose, and potato pancakes. This year sees Miss Junifest 2008. The beauty pageant’s audience can vote through SMS. Proceeds of this event will go towards the improvement of the quality of oncology patients and their families. All in all, this years Junifest promises to be a lot of fun. Further information can be found at www.junifest.sk

LANGUAGE WORK

1 - b

2 - c

3 - d

4 - b

5 - a

6 - d

7 – a

8 - c

9 - d

10 - a

11 - b

12 – c