¶ a) Culture in general
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What does the word culture mean in general? What is culture represented by?
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Do you think that culture is an important part of our lives?
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What do cultural opportunities depend on? Compare towns and villages/countryside/?
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The events of going to the cinema and going to the theatre – compare and contrast
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Why do people go to museums and galleries?
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Attitudes of young people towards music b) Cultural life in Slovakia and Ružomberok
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Famous museums and galleries in Slovakia
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Folk and Modern Music Festivals in Slovakia
 Describe the cultural life in Ružomberok (cultural facilities – cinema, theatre, pieces of architecture-churches, museums, galleries, open-air museums, castles etc.)
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Are you satisfied with the level of culture in our town? What would you change about it if you could? c) Your attitude to culture and arts
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What cultural activities do you enjoy most often?
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Have your preferences as for culture and arts changed since your childhood? (Talk about painting, drawing, singing, playing a musical instrument, dancing, going to the cinema, theatre, listening to music, concerts of pop groups/bands, folk festivals)
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Your favouritefilms/ actor/actress? Why? Give a short description of your favourite film.
Useful vocabulary to express your attitude to the arts and cuture:
I favour going to the cinema rather than watching TV because ... I prefer staying at home and watching films as/since/because ... it is more comfortable, ... costs no money , ..... I´m too tired/exhausted
The types of movies I really like are ...comedies/ romances/ horrors/... violence in films can affect young people´s behaviour in a real life .... The actors I like best are ... because ... I go to the theatre...quite often/ from time to time/ seldom/... I´ve never been to the.......I find theatre plays delightful/ entertaining/ uninteresting/... I haven´t seen any theatre perfomance that really impressed me. I´ve always been interested in ...., I´ve never played any musical instrument but ... , take music/ singing/ painting lessons, Going to musemus is / isn´t my cup of tea. What I appreciate most about .... is ....,