Welcome back! You are about to start the theme: Shopping and fashion.
How are you going to practise?
You are going to practise your writing, reading, listening and speaking skills. You will visit websites, play games, do exercises and listen to stories.
What are you going to do?
You are going to read, listen, speak and write about shopping and fashion. By practising a lot your English will improve!
Need help?
Use the toolbox if you need help. Here you will find (new) words and expressions. You will also find help for grammar and pronunciation.
Have fun!
Zo werkt het!
Je bent begonnen aan het thema Shopping and fashion. Het thema bestaat uit verschillende onderdelen. In ieder onderdeel vind je teksten, afbeeldingen en video's.
Je gaat ook zelf aan de slag. Op de meeste pagina's staan doe-opdrachten. Die opdrachten doe je alleen of met een klasgenoot. De antwoorden bespreek je met elkaar of in de klas.
Er zijn ook oefeningen.
Zo'n oefening bestaat uit vragen die door de computer worden nagekeken.
Bij 'Xtra'-onderdelen zie je sterren staan. Het aantal sterren zegt iets over de moeilijkheid. Hoe meer sterren, hoe moeilijker de opdracht.
Need to know
Before starting to work your way through this theme, check with a classmate how much you know about shopping and fashion already. To do so, do the following exercise with the definitions of shopping and fashion. Find the right words below to complete the text, write your answers down in your notebook.
Shopping is the act of ...1... for goods with the thinking to buy that particular item or items. In some countries or places, it is considered an activity or ...2... .
Fashion mostly refers to the style of clothing worn at a ...3... .
Clothing at its most basic is to keep us warm, but it serves many ...4... .
Fashion is more than just a designer's whim.
Fashion is ...5... a given time, socially,politically, economically, and artistically.
The changing styles show just as much about history and the time period as any ...6... .
It reflects on what people think, what they valued and how ...7... .
Fashion is a statement, a way of living.
Clothes are not just for keeping warm!
Whim = a sudden wish or idea
they lived
a reflection of
particular time
other functions
history book
hobby
looking around
To do
At the end of this theme you:
will have listened to people talking about shopping and fashion;
will have read texts about clothes (on a website), shopping walhallas, a fashion idol and trends;
will have written an email of complaint, about your favourite piece of clothing and your shopping walhalla;
will have had a conversation with a shop assistant in a clothes shop;
will have practised vocabulary about shopping and fashion;
will have learned and practised the past perfect, past perfect continuous and linking words;
will have learned more about the history of jeans and pickpockets' strategies in London.
But you don't have to be able to do this right away!
If you take the following steps you'll find out what you need to know!
Work plan
Work plan
There are many exercises in each theme. It is important to know which exercises you have done and which exercises you haven't done. To help you, there is a work plan.
On this work plan you can tick the exercises you've done.
Op dat werkplan kun je bijhouden welke onderdelen je al gedaan hebt.
Ieder thema bestaat uit een groot aantal opdrachten/oefeningen.
Het is belangrijk dat je goed bijhoudt welke opdrachten je gedaan hebt. Om je te helpen hebben we een werkplan gemaakt.
Op dat werkplan kun je bijhouden welke onderdelen je al gedaan hebt.
In this part you will practise your listening skills.
There are different listenings, but they all have to do with shopping and fashion in some way or another.
There are listenings on:
Shopping for clothes
Fashion blogger
Elevator makeover
Fashion (song by Lady Gaga)
By listening to English (and doing many exercises) frequently you will improve your listening skills and your English!
Good luck!
Tips
Before you begin, read these tips:
Before you start listening:
Read the introduction carefully. This will help you understand what the listening exercise is about.
Read the questions. This will help you find the information you are listening for.
While you are listening:
Focus. If you miss the first part of the listening exercise, it is very difficult to understand the second part of the listening exercise.
If you have heard the answer, fill it in and move on to the next question.
Don't wait too long!
If you are not sure about the answer, just pick the answer you think is best. If you doubt you risk missing the answer on the next question.
Have fun!
Shopping for clothes
You're going to listen to a conversation between a shop assistant and a client. Listen to the conversation and answer the following question.
What does Marianne buy?
You are now going to listen again.
This time the questions focus on details of the conversation.
Listen again and answer the following questions.
What is the name of the store?
How many racks of clothes are on sale?
When Marianne sees the sweater, she likes it. But she would prefer:
A fitting room is a place where you...
Marianne says she 'Will take it'. It means she will...
De onderstaande antwoorden moet je zelf nakijken; vergelijk jouw antwoorden met de goede
antwoorden, en geef aan in welke mate jouw antwoorden correct zijn.
There may have been some new words in the audio for you.
You get a chance now to listen to the audio again and to look at the tapescript at the same time.
Look words you don't know up in a dictionary
(www.macmillandictionary.com, for example).
Store Clerk: Hi. Welcome to Angie's. Can I help you find something or are you just looking? Marianne: I'm not sure. Aren't you having a sale right now? Store Clerk: Everything on these two racks over here is on sale. Marianne: Thanks. Oooo. This sweater is nice. But it looks a little big. Do you have this in a smaller size? Store Clerk: I think so. Let me look. Oh, here's one. Would you like to use the fitting room to try it on? Marianne: Sure. Thanks.
...a little later...
Store Clerk: How did it fit? Marianne: Not too bad. I think I'll take it. Store Clerk: Great. (She takes it off the hanger) How would you like to pay? Marianne: Well, I'm almost maxed out on my credit card, so I think I'll pay with a check. Store Clerk: Okay, with tax it comes to $24.93.* Marianne: Who should I make the check out to? Store Clerk: Angie's. Marianne: Here you are. Store Clerk: Can I see some I.D. too, please? Marianne: Sure, here is my driver's license. Store Clerk: Thanks. Here you go. Enjoy your sweater. And have a nice day. Marianne: Thanks. You too.
Fashion blogger
You're going to watch a video on a fashion blogger: Bryan Boy.
You are going to watch the video and answer the following questions.
How old is Bryan?
Where does he come from?
Why is he in Stockholm?
Who is the Head of Design of H and M?
What does Bryan say about fast fashion?
What are his blog mostly about?
When did he start becoming interested in fashion?
How many styling sessions did he have?
Why was styling Kenneth a challenge for him?
Now watch the video and answer the questions.
Discuss with a partner:
Would you like to have a life similar to that of Bryan Boy?
Why (not)?
De onderstaande antwoorden moet je zelf nakijken; vergelijk jouw antwoorden met de goede
antwoorden, en geef aan in welke mate jouw antwoorden correct zijn.
You are going to watch a video about an elevator makeover.
Discuss with a partner:
What do you think an elevator makeover is?
Watch the video until 00:29 to see if you were right.
What is an elevator makeover?
Now watch the video again and answer the following questions in your notebook.
How can the participants join the programme?
Where is Meghan going to?
Write down what they do to Meghan during the elevator makeover (e.g. pull her hair back)
Do you like the result? Why (not)?
Lady Gaga - Chorus
In this section you're going to listen to a song by Lady Gaga .
It is called fashion.
Have a look at the chorus.
What do you think Lady Gaga wants to say with the song?
Fashion put it all on me
Don't you want to see these clothes on me
Fashion put it all on me
I am anyone you want me to be
Now, listen to the rest of the song.
What does she sing when she does not sing the chorus?
Take notes in your notebook.
Have your ideas about what she wants to say with the song changed?
Lady Gaga - Discuss
Discuss:
How important is fashion to you?
Why do you think it is important? Why (not)?
There may have been some new words in the song for you.
You get a chance now to listen to the song again and to look at the tapescript at the same time.
Look words you don't know up in a dictionary ( www.macmillandictionary.com , for example).
Ohhh Ohhh
La La La
We Love Designer
I am, I'm too fabu-lous
I'm so fierce that it's so nuts
I live, to be model thin
(1)……. me, I'm your manne-quin
J'adore Vivienne, La Vie et Moi
Gucci, Fendi, et Prada. Valentino, Armani too.
Merde I love them Jimmy Choo
Fashion put it all on me
Don't you want to see these (2)……. on me
Fashion put it all on me
I am anyone you want me to be (2x)
Ohhhh Ohhhhh
La La La
We love (3)…….
I need, some new stile-ttos
Can't walk, down the street in those
You are, who you wear it's true
A girl's just as hot as the (4)….. she choose
J'adore Weitzman, La Vie et Moi
Louis, Dolce Gabbana, Alexander McQueen,
eh oh.
Merde I (5)…. those Minolo
Fashion put it all on me
Don't you want to see these clothes on me
Fashion put it all on me
I am anyone you want me to be (2x)
Ohhhh Ohhhhh
La La La
We Love Designer
Ohhhh Ohhhhh
La La La
We Love Designer
Fashion (6)…. it all on me
Don't you want to see these clothes on me
Fashion put it all on me
I am anyone you want me to be
Fashion put it all on me
Don't you want to see these clothes on me
Fashion put it all on me
I am anyone you (7)…. me to be
Fashion put it all on me
Don't you want to see (8)…. clothes on me
Fashion put it all on me
I am (9)….. you want me to be
Fashion put it all on me
Don't you want to see these clothes on me
(10)…. put it all on me
I am anyone you want me to be
Ohhh Ohhhhh
La La La
We love designer
Ohhh Ohhhhh
La La La
Reading
Introduction
In this part you will practise your reading skills.
You are going to read texts on:
Shopping list
Shopping walhallas
Coco Chanel
Bloomingdale's
By reading a lot in English (and doing many exercises) you will improve your reading skills and your English!
We wish you pleasant reading!
Tips
Before you start reading:
Don't start reading straight away (=meteen). First look at the title, the image and highlighted words. These can help you understand what the text is about.
Read the introduction and the questions first. They will give you a better idea of the text.
With multiple-choice questions, look at the options and try to see what the differences are.
While reading:
It will be very difficult to understand everything you read. If you see a word you do not know, it is very important to ask yourself if this word is important to understand the text. If you understand the text without knowing the word,
there is no need to use a dictionary. If the word is important to understand the text (and / or to answer questions) go ahead and use your dictionary!
Just make sure you don't use the dictionary all the time because it costs too much time.
Shopping list
Shopping list
You are going to do some online shopping!
Your mother has given you £150 to buy new clothes.
According to your mother you need the following:
Task:
Try to buy as many of the items on your list as possible with the £150 your mother gave you.
Visit English websites (for example www.hm.com or www.marksandspencer.com) and look for items you want to buy.
Copy images of items you want to buy into a word document and write the name of the item and the price under it.
Make sure you do not spend more than 150 pounds!
Have fun shopping!
Shopping walhallas
Discuss with a partner:
Have you ever been to a foreign city just to go shopping?
Where did you go? Whom with?
Have you ever been shopping in a city outside the Netherlands? Where? Why there?
Where would you go shopping if you could choose a city in Europe?
Make a mindmap of things that are important to you in a city for shopping.
Write down what you find important (do not mention names of shops themselves, think of what category they are and write the category down).
On the following pages you are going to read texts about three European cities that are renowned for shopping: Barcelona, London and Milan.
Task:
Read the texts on the following pages.
Write down which of the three cities (Barcelona, London or Milan) you would like to go shopping to.
Also write down why. Use at least three words from the text of the city you chose to explain your anwer.
Shopping walhallas - Barcelona
Barcelona
Enjoy Spanish fashion, visit one of the many Zara or Mango megastores or buy the young trendy Spanish brands as Desigual and Bershka in the city centre.
Barcelona's main shopping area starts from the famous 'Rambla' to 'Plaza de Catalunya'.
Here you can find a huge variety of clothes shops selling international and national designer collections.
Combine the Spanish culture with shopping pleasure walking around the 'Barrí Gotic', one of the oldest districts of Barcelona with some Roman remains. Here you may find many bookstores, handcraft shops, music stores and much more.
In Barcelona, shops are open from 10 am to 8.30 pm, closed on Sundays and on Spanish public holidays.
Some shops are open 24 hours a day.
Barcelona Tomb Bus is a bus service that brings tourists to the main shopping areas of the city.
Shopping walhallas - London
London
Alternative, dynamic and stylish.
London offers a big choice of shopping areas to find the most trendy and up to date clothes and accessories.
London offers everything you can imagine.
The most famous places to go shopping are Oxford street, which has almost 300 shops, and 'Harrods'.
Harrods is one of the most famous department stores in the world.
The store is very big and it will take you a long time to see the whole place.
The spots you must visit are the food hall and the gift shop.
In London shops are open every day from 9 am to 6 pm, and have 'late night shopping' on Thursday.
Shopping walhallas - Milan
Milan
Shopping lovers choose Milan to buy the best of Italian fashion and design. There are plenty of places to go shopping in the city, you can just walk around and you will find many shops spread across the city centre.
The most famous shopping area in Milan is the 'Golden Triangle'.
You can choose between designers such as Armani, Prada, Gucci, Valentino and many others.
In Milan you can find many outlet stores where you can buy designer clothes for a much lower price. You can get discounts up to 70%!
Usually shops are open from 9.30 am to 12.30 and from 3.30 to 7.30 pm in winter and from 9.30 am to 12.30 pm and from 4.00 pm to 8.00 pm in summer.
Some shops are open every day. Most shops are closed on Sundays and during the Italian public holidays.
Coco Chanel
There are many famous people in the fashion industry. Coco Chanel was one of them.
You are going to read her biography here and answer questions on it.
Discuss with a partner:
Do you know the name (Coco) Chanel? What for?
Before reading the text, do the following exercise.
It contains difficult words from the text.
Write words you do not know down in your notebook.
They will help you understand the text.
De onderstaande antwoorden moet je zelf nakijken; vergelijk jouw antwoorden met de goede
antwoorden, en geef aan in welke mate jouw antwoorden correct zijn.
Now read the text and indicate whether the statements are true or false.
Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel was born in France in 1883 and died in 1971. She was a pioneering fashion designer who revolutionized women’s fashion. She designed modern and simple clothes that were often based on menswear. She was so important that she was the only designer named in ‘Time’ magazine's list of the 100 most influential people of the 20th century.
Chanel had a very poor upbringing. Her mother worked in the poorhouse where Gabrielle was born. She died when Gabrielle was six and then her father abandoned her. She adopted the name Coco while she was a café singer in 1905. Two lovers funded her first store in Paris in 1910. They also helped her hats become popular with rich women.
In the 1920s, Chanel rose to become Paris’ top fashion designer. Her comfortable, yet elegant clothes were popular across Europe. Women found her mannish clothes to be liberating. In 1922 Chanel introduced her perfume, Chanel No. 5, which is still highly profitable. Her famous Chanel suit has also stood the test of time and is part of the modern woman’s wardrobe.
At the beginning of World War II she moved into the Ritz Hotel in Paris, which became her home for 30 years. During the Nazi occupation of Paris she had a lover, a German spy. This relationship made her unpopular for a decade after the war. Her 1954 collection did badly in France. Today, however, her name is the biggest in fashion.
Now, write ten sentences, each with one word from the text on Chanel.
De onderstaande antwoorden moet je zelf nakijken; vergelijk jouw antwoorden met de goede
antwoorden, en geef aan in welke mate jouw antwoorden correct zijn.
Bloomingdale's
Any idea who or what Bloomingdale's is? And where?
Look it up on the internet before moving on!
Before reading the text, do the following exercise.
It contains difficult words from the text.
Write words you do not know down in your notebook.
They will help you understand the text.
De onderstaande antwoorden moet je zelf nakijken; vergelijk jouw antwoorden met de goede
antwoorden, en geef aan in welke mate jouw antwoorden correct zijn.
You now know what Bloomingdale's is and you know some difficult words from the text already.
Read the text and answer the Dutch question in English in your notebook.
Check out the Fall collection!
FALL 2011, New York, NY— This fall at Bloomingdale's shoppers are invited to check out glamorous and dramatic fashions influenced by times gone by and worldwide cultures.
Ready-to-Wear
The Bloomingdale's women dress up this fall with daring color, long and thin shapes, and luxurious fabrics.
"Fall 2011 shows in a new sense of style and elegance that has not been seen for many years," said Stephanie Solomon, the vice president of women's fashion direction. "With our first in class choices from all of the top designers, we are excited to bring back glamour into the everyday life of women".
Long and thin: Fall is all about modernized ladylikeness.
The look is long and thin, simple shapes in attention–grabbing prints and colors from such designers as Elie Tahari, Donna Karan, Marc Jacobs, and more. These pieces will be the image for the fall fashion.
Add luxury to your wardrobe and help the glamour amount with bright eye–catching colors in a rainbow of nice tones, luxurious fabrics and beautiful prints.
Printed silk blouses and dresses.
Art prints, computer prints, color blocks.
Chic dresses and skirts in exotic colors and glam fabrics
like lace and metallic fabrics
Questions
Welke invloeden heeft de stijl van het herfst seizoen 2011?
Hoe kunnen echte Bloomingdale vrouwen zich kleden in dat seizoen?
Waar is Stephanie Solomon heel erg enthousiast over?
Van welke ontwerpers kunnen we veel kleren terug zien dat seizoen?
Wat voor soorten printen kun je verwachten op de kleren?
Follow up
Do you think the current trends in fashion still look like those in 2011?
Can you find an image on the internet that looks like any of the trends discussed in the text?
Xtra: History ****
Xtra: The history of fashion ****
You are going to read a text about the history of fashion.
Do assignment 1.
Read the questions, read the text and do the exercise (assignment 2).
1
Before reading the text discuss the following questions with a classmate:
What do you know about fashion?
Which fashion designers do you know?
How did people use to dress centuries ago?
Is there a difference in the western or eastern world?
How does fashion change?
2
Questions.
Which city has not been among the major fashion capitals?
A fashion trend may start when ...
Fashion changes according to all the following except ...
Which is correct about “Vogue”?
What was the main source of men's fashion in the past?
True or false
Clothing in Japan has not changed over time.
Fashion industry is nowadays a globalized phenomenon.
"Vogue" is magazine founded in 19th century.
A fashion victim is a young person who dresses like the old people.
Womans fashion used to be influenced by military models.
History of fashion
Early western travellers, whether to Persia, Turkey, or China frequently remark on the absence of changes in fashion there. On the other hand, people of these cultures believe that there is an instability and lack of order in western culture. Japanese always boast that clothing in their culture has not changed over a thousand years. Of course there is considerable evidence for rapidly changing fashions in all parts of the world. Changes in costume often take place at times of economic or social change, but then a long period without major changes follows.
The beginning of fashion in Europe can be dated to the middle of 14th century. The most dramatic change was a sudden shortening and tightening of the male over garment, sometimes with stuffing on the chest to look bigger. The pace of change accelerated in the following century and women and men's fashion became complex and changing. Art historians are therefore able to use fashion in dating images with increasing confidence and precision.
Although tailors and dressmakers were no doubt responsible for many innovations before, the textile industry certainly has been very influential. The four major fashion capitals are known to be Milan, New York city, Paris, and London. Fashion weeks are held in these cities where designers exhibit their new collections, and which are all headquarters to the greatest fashion companies in the world.
Modern westerners have a wide choice available in the selection of their clothes .What a person chooses to wear can reflect that person's personality or likes. When people who have cultural status start to wear new or different clothes, a fashion trend may start. People who like them may start to wear clothes of a similar style.
Fashions may vary considerably within a society according to age, social class, generation, occupation and geography as well as over time. If, for example, an older person dresses according to the fashion of young people, he or she may look ridiculous in the eyes of both young and older people. The terms "fashionista" and "fashion victim” refer to someone who slavishly follows current fashions.
The fashion industry is a product of the modern age. Prior to the mid-19th century, most clothing was custom-made. It was hand-made for individuals, either as home production or on order from dressmakers and tailors. Although the fashion industry developed first in Europe and America, today it is an international industry, with clothing often designed in one country, produced in another, and sold worldwide.
At the beginning of the 20th century, fashion magazines began to include photographs of various fashion designs and became more influential on people than in the past. These magazines had many effects on public clothing taste. “Vogue" founded in the US in 1892 has been one of the most successful of these magazines.
Though colors and patterns of textiles changed from year to year, the cut of a gentleman’s coat or the pattern to which a lady's dress was cut changed more slowly. Men's fashions largely derived from military models. Women's fashions mainly derived from geographical and regional customs.
De onderstaande antwoorden moet je zelf nakijken; vergelijk jouw antwoorden met de goede
antwoorden, en geef aan in welke mate jouw antwoorden correct zijn.
You are going to study some grammar items, (new) vocabulary and pronunciation. All of them are important parts of a language and will help you to improve your reading, listening, speaking and writing skills. There are games to play as well (in 'fun') and there is a reference entry in which you will find useful websites to help you while you are working your way through the theme.
Good luck!
Grammar
To be able to read, listen, speak and write better, you will need to know your grammar! In this theme you are going to repeat or learn more about:
Past perfect
Past perfect continuous
Linking words (=verbindingswoorden, bijvoorbeeld 'and')
For each grammar item, there is an explanation and there are exercises.
Try to do as many exercises as possible!
De onderstaande antwoorden moet je zelf nakijken; vergelijk jouw antwoorden met de goede
antwoorden, en geef aan in welke mate jouw antwoorden correct zijn.
De onderstaande antwoorden moet je zelf nakijken; vergelijk jouw antwoorden met de goede
antwoorden, en geef aan in welke mate jouw antwoorden correct zijn.
De onderstaande antwoorden moet je zelf nakijken; vergelijk jouw antwoorden met de goede
antwoorden, en geef aan in welke mate jouw antwoorden correct zijn.
De onderstaande antwoorden moet je zelf nakijken; vergelijk jouw antwoorden met de goede
antwoorden, en geef aan in welke mate jouw antwoorden correct zijn.
De onderstaande antwoorden moet je zelf nakijken; vergelijk jouw antwoorden met de goede
antwoorden, en geef aan in welke mate jouw antwoorden correct zijn.
De onderstaande antwoorden moet je zelf nakijken; vergelijk jouw antwoorden met de goede
antwoorden, en geef aan in welke mate jouw antwoorden correct zijn.
De onderstaande antwoorden moet je zelf nakijken; vergelijk jouw antwoorden met de goede
antwoorden, en geef aan in welke mate jouw antwoorden correct zijn.
De onderstaande antwoorden moet je zelf nakijken; vergelijk jouw antwoorden met de goede
antwoorden, en geef aan in welke mate jouw antwoorden correct zijn.
Words
To be able to do all the assignments correctly, you need to know some words and sentences. For each theme there are word lists ready in StudioWozzol, with which you can practice:
You have practiced the word lists with StudioWozzol.
With this program you can easily and efficiently learn.
Click on the button StudioWozzol to get to work with even more words!
The first time you have to log in, this way your progression can be tracked. StudioWozzol
In ´Speaking´ you will be working on your speaking skills.
First you are going to have a look at some useful expressions (warming up).
Then you're going to practise a conversation with the help of speech cards and evaluate a conversation of classmates (speech card).
Finally, you are going to practise your speaking in some real-life situations
(speak up).
In these exercises you're going to practise speaking about shopping and fashion.
With every exercise you do, your speaking skills will improve!
Speak up!
Tips
Before you start speaking:
First look at the instructions.
Try to think of words and expressions you might need.
Use as many expressions as possible; you can use them if you're lost for words.
DON'T write out your conversation or talk completely!
If you do that, it will just be a writing and reading exercise!
While speaking:
Make sure you start a conversation by greeting the other person in a polite way.
Look at your partner or at your audience.
Speak calmly and not too quietly.
You can use a note, but make sure there are only a few words on it!
If you don't know a word, you can always explain what you can use it for, or what it looks like.
Try to keep on talking, even if you don't really know how you should say something.
If you don't understand your partner, you can ask for an explanation, or ask your partner to repeat the question.
End a conversation by saying goodbye.
Clue: if you practise a conversation a second time, it will be much easier!
Warming up
In this section, you are going to practise some sentences and expressions that you will need for the speaking exercises. Of course, the words and grammar sections are very important too (and have more exercises) so go back to them for repetition if necessary.
Have a look at the conversation. Drag the words to the right places. Write difficult words down in your notebook. You might need them later on!
De onderstaande antwoorden moet je zelf nakijken; vergelijk jouw antwoorden met de goede
antwoorden, en geef aan in welke mate jouw antwoorden correct zijn.
Now you are going to pracise having a job interview. Work together with a classmate. Both of you are employer and employee one time. Imagine you apply for a position as a shop assistant on Saturdays to earn some extra money. The owner of the shop will be your future employer and has the interview with you.
Find someone to work with and use the speech cards A and B.
Write down a couple of words to help you during the conversation. If you need help, go to the 'Words' section in the toolbox.
Find another pair to work with. Act out your conversation.
Let them act out their conversation and write down feedback for them.
Let them do the conversation and write down feedback for them.
Discuss what things were good and what you can do better next time.
You now get a chance to practise your speaking in various different situations that are all related to the theme. Try to practise as many of these situations as you can!
Situation 1: Shoe shop
You are looking for a new pair of shoes for a wedding next Saturday. Your classmate is the shop assistant. The shop assistant shows you two pairs of shoes suitable for a wedding. Tell him/her you like the first pair best and ask if they have your size and if you can try them on.
Situatie 2: Broken zip
Last week, you bought a new pair of jeans. When you came back home you found out the zip was not working properly. Yo go back to the shop. Your classmate is the shop assistant. Try to reach a solution which satisfies both the shop and the customer.
Speak Up - Discuss
Work with a classmate to do this exercise.
You will be speaking about the four images on this page.
1
Look at images 1 and 2. Discuss with your
classmate what you think they have in
common.
2
Look at all four images. Discuss with your
classmate why all of them are related to
shopping and fashion.
3
Which image do you think is most closely
related to shopping and fashion? Why?
Good luck!
Discussion questions
These questions may help you think about shopping and fashion.
Do you prefer to go shopping or just browse? Why?
Do you think it is important to wear fashionable clothes?
What piece of clothing do you spend your money on the most? Why?
What are some of the strangest fashions you have seen?
How do you choose your clothes in the morning?
What fashions that you see today do you think will be out of fashion within two years?
Where do you usually buy clothes?
Would you like to be a fashion model?
Do you think that the clothes we wear reflect what is inside us ?
What do you think everybody should know about fashion?
Writing
Introduction
Introduction
In this part you are going to improve your writing skills.
You are going to practise writing an email of complaint and more...
If you keep practising, writing will become much easier!
Have a look at the toolbox (reference) if you need help.
Good luck!
Tips
Tips for writing
Read these tips for writing and keep them in mind while doing the exercises.
Try to make a planning of your writing (what do you want to say?
In what order (=volgorde)?
Try to use words and sentences you already know.
Use a dictionary if you need to find the correct English word, or if you are unsure about the spelling of a word.
If you write your letter on the computer make sure that the spelling checker is on English.
Find inspiration on StudioWozzel about words and sentences to use.
Warming up
To prepare you for your writing exercises, have a look at the following email of complaint. Fill in the right words in the right places. Use these words and write down your answers in your notebook.
Dear Sir or Madam,
I am writing ...1... about an order for a yellow coat, which I placed on your website on 5 February 2012. I paid for this item by ...2... .
Today I ...3... the order and realized that you had sent a pink silk blouse instead of the yellow coat. Since this is an error on your part, I request that you ...4... the postage for the ...5... that I need to send back by post. Moreover, I would like you to send out my yellow coat as soon as possible.
Please let me know what ...6... you are going to take.
I look forward ...7... from you soon.
Yours ...8...,
Eva Simpson
refund
sincerely
action
to complain
item
to hearing
credit card
received
Letter of complaint
Email of complaint
You've ordered clothes at your favourite online store. When you receive your order, you notice some things are missing. This is the second time this has happened.
You are going to send an email to express your dissatisfaction.
Use the following order:
Start your email with a polite opening (Dear Sir/Madam).
State that you ordered two pairs of trousers, a pair of sneakers and a jumper two weeks ago.
You have not received the jumper nor the pair of sneakers. The company did not inform you about this.
The other pair of trousers is not the size you ordered (you ordered size 38 and you received size 42).
Ask the company to take action (you think what kind of action you want from them).
Close the email by saying you hope to hear something from the company soon.
End the email with a polite ending (Yours sincerely,).
Good luck!
My favourite
We all have our favourite garment (= piece of clothing)!
It may be a garment you have saved up for for a long time, a garment someone special gave to you or simply a garment that is ultra comfortable.
The website 'I love fashion news' has asked readers to write something about their favourite garments and you have decided to contribute!
Write a paragraph on your favourite garment including the following:
Describe your favourite garment (My favourite garment is...)
Why is this garment so special to you?
When did you buy it and with whom? (I bought it at ... with ...)
Shopping walhalla
In the reading section there are some texts about European cities that are true shopping walhallas. They are about Barcelona, London and Milan.
You, however, are going to write about your Dutch shopping walhalla!
This can be a city, a town, a shop, a webshop or any place you can buy...
Task:
Write about 150 words on your shopping walhalla. Describe where it is, what it is, why it is your shopping walhalla, what you can buy, what your favourite shops are etc.
Tip: Have a look at the texts in 'reading: shopping walhallas' for inspiration and words you can use!
Life and Culture
Introduction
What do you know about England, the English language, English people and other English speaking countries?
You are going to learn more about them in 'Life and culture'!
In this section you will learn more about the history of jeans and pickpockets
(and how to avoid them).
Get started!
Jeans
Most of us often wear jeans... but do you know anything about the history of jeans? It is an interesting story as jeans used to be worn by factory workers before they became fashionable. The history of jeans also involves a link between Europe and the United States of America.
You are going to find out more about the history of jeans in this section.
Task:
Make a poster (A4) about the history of jeans.
Include a visual to represent the history of jeans. In word you can click on 'insert' and then on 'SmartArt' and include a visual as for example the one.
Also include various models and images of what jeans looked like in the past and now. Have fun!
Pickpockets
Have you ever been robbed while shopping abroad? Do you know anyone who has? What happened?
You are going to read a text in this section about situations in which thieves try to steal something from you.
Before you read the text, have a look at the paragraph titles.
Copy the table in your notebook. For each title, fill the second column. You will fill the third column on the next page.
What do you think the paragraph is about?
What is the paragraph about?
Londoners robbed
The secret to a successful robbery
Look over here!
The changing room
It leaves a bad smell
Not as bad as it seems
You are now going to read the text. Fill in the third column of the table which you have copied in your notebook.
Use an online dictionary as for example www.macmillandictionary.com to look up difficult words.
Most people think that the majority of victims of crime in Central London are tourists. In fact, this is not the case. In official police crime profile reports of incidents in Oxford Street, of 3404 victims of pickpockets, only 128 were visitors to London.
The secret to a successful robbery
By far the biggest crime is pickpocketing; the criminals are now very professional in their approach. The key to being a successful pickpocket, it would seem, is to distract the victim away from what he or she is doing in order to allow the pickpocket to steal without anyone realising a theft has taken place.
Look over here!
One pickpocket’s tactic was to have a woman fasten her stockings and suspenders in the middle of a shop; this obviously attracts a lot of attention, thus allowing the thief to go about his business. Another diversion tactic was to squirt sauce on people’s clothes, the thief then starts to try to ‘help’ while his accomplice moves in and steals the victims bag or wallet.
The changing room
If you are trying something on in a clothes shop, be careful. One scam involved a woman apparently buying a jacket for her husband. She asked a man to try on a jacket, saying that he was approximately the same size as her husband, while he was doing that; her accomplice stole the man’s jacket. Customers in shoe shops often leave their bags unattended while they go and look in the nearby mirror, a perfect opportunity for a thief.
It leaves a bad smell
Finally, beware men with suitcases selling designer perfume for £10 a bottle. You can be sure it’s cheap, nasty and short lasting. These conmen usually get the stuff for £3 a bottle then sell it to unsuspecting passers-by.
Not as bad as it seems
Sounds like you shouldn’t go out, you should stay at home and keep a hold of your wallet. Remember there are literally thousands of shoppers on Oxford Street every day, and only a tiny percentage of people are victims of crime. It would be wrong to paint London’s West End as riddled with crime – but as with all major cities, just that little bit of extra care can make all the difference.
Discuss: Do you know any other travel scams?
Language task
Introduction
In this part you will find a language task that combines various language skills.
The task in this theme allows you to finally design your own fashion brochure!
Get your fantasy to work and move on to the task!
Brochure
In this task you are going to design your own fashion brochure!
Task:
You have been asked to design three fashionable looks related to the theme 'festival'. The looks can be for men or women and must include shoes, garments and accessories.
Make a brochure of at least three pages which includes your designs. You must write the names of your fashion items and the prices down in English.
Finished? Compare your brochure to that of classmates.
Explain each other why your designs are related to the theme 'festival'.
Who's got the best designs according to you?
Verderkijker
Grammatica
Verderkijker
De Verderkijker biedt bij dit thema passende externe linkjes naar uitleg, oefenmateriaal of filmpjes. Voor het thema Shopping and Fashion zijn de volgende items geselecteerd.
Lezen - Schrijven - Luisteren - Kijken - Spreken (vervolg):
- https://www.youtube.com/
Bekijk de video over 'Clothes' en zeg de woorden na.
- http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/
Bekijk de 'shopping'- advertenties en maak de oefeningen:
- Check your understanding: true or false
- Check your understanding: error correction.
- http://www.funquizcards.com/
Doe de quiz: Do you have fashion sense?
In de Verderkijker wordt gebruik gemaakt van beeld- en filmmateriaal dat beschikbaar is op internet. Bij het gebruik zijn we uitgegaan van fair use. Mocht u vragen/opmerkingen hebben, of constateert u een niet-werkende link, horen wij dit natuurlijk graag. Dit kan via onze helpdesk.
Het arrangement Shopping and fashion hv123 is gemaakt met
Wikiwijs van
Kennisnet. Wikiwijs is hét onderwijsplatform waar je leermiddelen zoekt,
maakt en deelt.
Auteur
Valery Geurtsen
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Licentie
Dit lesmateriaal is gepubliceerd onder de Creative Commons Naamsvermelding-GelijkDelen 3.0 Nederland licentie. Dit houdt in dat je onder de voorwaarde van naamsvermelding en publicatie onder dezelfde licentie vrij bent om:
het werk te delen - te kopiëren, te verspreiden en door te geven via elk medium of bestandsformaat
het werk te bewerken - te remixen, te veranderen en afgeleide werken te maken
voor alle doeleinden, inclusief commerciële doeleinden.
Van dit lesmateriaal is de volgende aanvullende informatie beschikbaar:
Toelichting
You are about to start the theme: Shopping and fashion.
How are you going to practise?
You are going to practise your writing, reading, listening and speaking skills. You will visit websites, play games, do exercises and listen to stories.
You are about to start the theme: Shopping and fashion.
How are you going to practise?
You are going to practise your writing, reading, listening and speaking skills. You will visit websites, play games, do exercises and listen to stories.
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terugkoppelen. Hiervoor moet de leeromgeving wel bij Wikiwijs aangemeld zijn. Wil je gebruik maken van de LTI
koppeling? Meld je aan via info@wikiwijs.nl met het verzoek om een LTI
koppeling aan te gaan.
Maak je al gebruik van LTI? Gebruik dan de onderstaande Launch URL’s.
Arrangement
Oefeningen en toetsen
Shopping for clothes
Fashion blogger
Coco Chanel
Coco Chanel
Bloomingdale
History of fashion
Past perfect
Past perfect
Past perfect
Past perfect continuous
Past perfect continuous
Past perfect continuous
Verbindingswoorden
Toets
Warming up
IMSCC package
Wil je de Launch URL’s niet los kopiëren, maar in één keer downloaden? Download dan de IMSCC package.
Oefeningen en toetsen van dit arrangement kun je ook downloaden als QTI. Dit bestaat uit een ZIP bestand dat
alle
informatie bevat over de specifieke oefening of toets; volgorde van de vragen, afbeeldingen, te behalen
punten,
etc. Omgevingen met een QTI player kunnen QTI afspelen.
Wikiwijs lesmateriaal kan worden gebruikt in een externe leeromgeving. Er kunnen koppelingen worden gemaakt en
het lesmateriaal kan op verschillende manieren worden geëxporteerd. Meer informatie hierover kun je vinden op
onze Developers Wiki.
Je bent begonnen aan het thema Shopping and fashion. Het thema bestaat uit verschillende onderdelen. In ieder onderdeel vind je teksten, afbeeldingen en video's. 
Fashion put it all on me
Shopping list
Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel was born in France in 1883 and died in 1971. She was a pioneering fashion designer who revolutionized women’s fashion. She designed modern and simple clothes that were often based on menswear. She was so important that she was the only designer named in ‘Time’ magazine's list of the 100 most influential people of the 20th century.
Words
Speech card
Introduction
Email of complaint
Most people think that the majority of victims of crime in Central London are tourists. In fact, this is not the case. In official police crime profile reports of incidents in Oxford Street, of 3404 victims of pickpockets, only 128 were visitors to London.
