V. Questions and tasks for control

1-2 week

General Discussion on Unit 2 “Appearance”

Answer the questions on clothes and fashion.

1. Have you ever bought something because it was fashionable? If so, what?

2. Does the fashion industry exist mainly to persuade people to spend money on things they do not really need?

3. Is fashion selfish in a world where many people have not got what they need?

4. Do you think fashion models should be used to sell products such as cars?

5. Some fashion models refuse to advertise products involving animal cruelty such as cosmetics and fur coats. Would you buy such products?

6. Would you like to be a fashion model if you were offered the opportunity?

7. Is your country famous for any fashion products? Which ones? How are they marketed?

8. Which countries have the best and worst fashions in clothes?

9. Which products advertised on TV in your country represent (a) women’s fashion (b) men’s fashion ?

10. Do you like shopping for new clothes? Do you often buy new clothes?

11. Do you prefer to go shopping or just browse? Why?

12. What piece of clothing do you spend your money on the most? Why?

13. Do you read fashion magazines?

14. Do you sometimes wear a hat?

15. Do you think it is important to wear fashionable clothes?

16. Do you wear jewelry? If so, what kind of jewelry do you wear? How often do you wear jewelry?

17. Do you wear the same color clothes now that you wore ten years ago?

18. Do you wear the same size clothes this year as you wore last year?

19. Do you think people feel different when they wear different clothes?

20. Have you ever made your own clothes? If so, what did you make? Do you often make your own clothes?

21. How many pairs of gloves do you have?

22. What are some of the strangest fashions you have seen?

23. What colors do you think look good on you?

24. What did you wear yesterday?

25. What do you think of body piercing?

26. Do you have pierced ears?

27. Do you know anyone with a pierced nose?

28. Would you ever pierce your tongue?

29. What do you think of people who dye their hair green?

30. What do you think of women who wear high heel shoes?

31. Do you think high heel shoes are bad for a person's health?

32. What fashions that you see today do you think will be out of fashion within two years?

33. What is your shoe size?

34. What kind of clothes are in fashion now?

35. What kind of clothes do you usually wear?

36. What's the most expensive piece of clothing you have ever bought?

37. What's your favorite color for shoes?

38. When was the last time you got dressed up? Why? How often do you get dressed up? Do you like to get dressed up?

39. Where are some good stores to buy clothes in this area? Where do you usually buy clothes?

Answer the questions on styles, clothing and fashion-based stereotypes.

1. What would you think of a woman who cut off all her hair and went around bald as a fashion statement?

2. What do you think of a man who is bald for fashion's sake?

3. What do you think of women who wear short mini-skirts?

4. Do you think that the clothes we wear reflect what is inside us?

5. What do you think of people who always and only wear black?

6. What do you think of people with tattoos?

7. Do you have a tattoo?

8. Do you know someone with a tattoo?

9. What do you think of people with body piercing?

10. Do you have pierced ears?

11. Would you pierce other parts of your body?

12. What would you think of a high school student who always wore very conservative clothes?

13. What type of clothing do you wear when you are angry and you want to express yourself?

14. What colors do you choose to wear when you are happy?

15. Would you dress the same as you do in your country if you went to America for a visit?

16. Do you dress the same when you are depressed as you do when you are very happy?

17. In what ways do you dress differently?

18. If you went out with a group of high school friends, would you dress differently then if you went out with your grandmother and her friends?

19. In what ways does your Grandmother dress differently than you?

20. When you get old do you think you will dress like your grandmother or grandfather?

21. Would you ever wear dreadlocks? What do you think of the people who wear them?

22. Have you ever worn your hair braided in small braids? Did anyone look at you differently because of it?

23. Would you ever wear contacts to change your eye color? What is the difference in the people who choose to wear contacts and the people who choose to wear glasses?

24. What do you think about women who don't wear earrings?

25. What do you think about men who wear earrings?

26. Is it possible for women to wear too much make-up?

27. What do you think of men who wear make-up?

28. Is it possible to be beautiful without wearing any make-up, earrings or other accessories?

29. Do fashionable clothes really change the way a person looks?

30. What differences have you noticed in the fashions and in your country?

31. What do you think about secondhand clothes?

32. Why do you think people buy secondhand clothes?

33. Have you ever been to a store that sells secondhand clothes?

34. Have you ever bought secondhand clothes?

35. Would you buy secondhand clothes?

36. When and where did you buy an article of clothing you're wearing right now? Why did you choose it?

37. What would you think if the mother of the groom wore black at a wedding?

38. What would you think if a bride wore red?

39. Should a bride's dress be long or do you think it could be the length of a regular skirt?

40. What items of clothing do you consider provocative?

41. What do you think of women wearing high heels?

42. Why is it acceptable for women to wear men's clothing, but not for men to dress in women's clothing?

43. Is there a stigma attached to people who buy no-name (no brand) clothing?

44. Are some people more fashion conscious than others? What types/groups of people?

45. Have you ever bought imitation brand clothing?

46. What traditional costumes do people from your country wear?

47. In your country do children have to wear school uniform? Do you think it is a good idea or not?

48. What would you do or feel if you were refused entry to somewhere because of what you are wearing?

49. Do you think dress codes should be adhered to if requested on an invitation?

50. Would you go to a fancy dress party? Why or why not?

Do you agree or disagree with these statements. Why?

1. What you wear says a lot about your personality.

2. I spend a lot of time getting dressed in the morning.

3. I love buying new clothes.

4. I really don’t care about what I wear.

5. Comfort is the most important thing when choosing new clothes or shoes.

6. I hate having the same clothes as my friends.

7. It’s important to me to look different to my friends.

8. I love fashion magazines.

9. It’s important for me to be fashionable.

10. Second hand clothes can be cool.

Comment on the quotes. What is your opinion?

1. Fashions fade, style is eternal. Yves Saint Laurent

2. If you are not in fashion, you are nobody. Lord Chesterfield

3. Zest is the secret of all beauty. There is no beauty that is attractive without zest. Christian Dior

4. The only rule is don't be boring and dress cute wherever you go. Life is too short to blend in. Paris Hilton

5. Elegance is a question of personality, more than one's clothing. Jean-Paul Gaultier

6. Style is primarily a matter of instinct. Bill Blass

7. I dress for the image. Not for myself, not for the public, not for fashion, not for men. Marlene Dietrich

8. Women dress alike all over the world: they dress to be annoying to other women. Elsa Schiaparelli

9. Only great minds can afford a simple style. Stendal

10. The difference between style and fashion is quality. Giorgio Armani

11. Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new. Henry David Thoreau

12. Fashion is what you adopt when you don't know who you are. Quentin Crisp

13. There has been a change in men's attitudes toward their clothes. Men are more aware of fashion; they're not afraid of it. Calvin Klein

14. The novelties of one generation are only the resuscitated fashions of the generation before last. George Bernard Shaw

15. A fashion is merely a form of ugliness so unbearable that we are compelled to alter it every six months. Oscar Wilde

3-4 Week