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Unit 8: Lifestyle
Fitness first
Scan for names, numbers and key words Read a case study to find information about a fitness company
Identify the choices offered by a fitness company Understand reference in a text
Introduction This lesson continues the discussion of fitness training as a way to live healthily. In this case, we’ll look at it from an organizational point of view and the types of training generally on offer.
A 1.–2.
Students discuss the questions and write notes. With a strong class, have a general conversation. With a weaker class, set for groups of four. Write any suggestions and ideas on the board without confirming or correcting.
Answers Students’ own answers.
B
Set for individual work and pairwork checking. Try to elicit why and where they think they would find this information – let them refer to headings in the case study that might support their ideas (without actually reading the information at this stage: we are now just dealing with predictions). Refer students to the Reading skill box before moving on to Exercise C.
Answers
1. Students could tick all boxes but, after reading the paragraph headers, should tick: the history (there is a heading History in the case study), locations (there is mention of expansion and branching out), employees and members (there is a heading A people business) and success (there is an Awards paragraph). The headers do not suggest that there will be information about the directors of the organization, the profits, or specific services.
2. The image shows the interior of a Fitness First gym; an example of a fitness training programme.
3. The case study says: Everyone at Fitness First has one goal – ‘to offer the best equipment, range of classes, knowledgeable staff and professional advice in a welcoming environment that helps keep our members motivated’. There are five important aspects in this statement: equipment, range of classes, workers who know a lot, good advice and welcoming fitness centres.
Reading skill: Scanning for names, numbers and keywords
Work through the examples. Note that capitalization rules vary in different languages. Arabic has none, so it is probably very difficult, even for native speakers, to scan for names. Romance languages have similar rules to English, but not the same, e.g., Spanish does not capitalize days of the week, religions, nationalities, titles of books and films (star wars), etc.
Set for whole-class discussion. On this occasion, allow students to shout out – in this case, the next number. Confirm or correct that it is in fact the next number, after letting slower readers catch up. Then ask what it refers to. Elicit ideas and confirm.
Possible answers
Students’ own answers. Names: Fitness First, BC Partners, Hilton Group, Healthland. Numbers: 1993, 2005 (years), 189,000, 2,200 (numbers) and $50m (amounts). Keywords: fitness, health, award, people business.
C
1. Set for pairwork. Students read each heading, tell each other what they think the paragraph will be about, and then read the paragraph to check. Feed back, getting the key information about each paragraph on the board – see Answers. Deal with any new vocabulary. Explain or give definitions.
2. Set the task for pairwork.
Answers Numbers, in order of occurrence in the case study. 540 21 76
number Number of FF clubs
number Number of countries with FF clubs number Number of FF clubs in UK
189,000 number Number of members in UK 2005 1993 11
year year
97 88 2011
Year FF was bought by BC Partners First FF club opened
number Number of Healthland gyms FF bought
number Number of clubs FF owned in Australia
number Number of Asian FF clubs year
FF iPad magazine app won Publishers Australia Excellence Award
2,200 number Number of employees in UK 2014
year
Year FF decided to sponsor the Rio 2016 Olympic Games + invest $50m in the Australian centres
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