S2: ....

S1: Thank you. Which...like least?

More questions:

1. How do you know what other students think about their interests and hobbies?

2. How many students are interested in...?

3. What about ...?

...

Remember you should greet him first and ask him/her the questions. The listeners should not look at your sentence, just listen and answer the questions.

Now let's begin! (Ask two or three pairs to act out their dialogue before the class.)

Step three: Skills building 3: Analyzing statistics

　　So you know, we can get information or statistics by asking questions or doing interviews. Here, as our homework, we also did an interview about our interests and hobbies. We've got the statistics we need. But that's not the end of our task. We have the numbers, but what do all these numbers mean to us? What conclusions can we make from these numbers? And what should we do to improve some shortages, if there are any? What suggestions can we give to help with decisions? That's the goal of our survey.

　　Look at this sentence: over 80 percent of the students in our school have an English-English dictionary.

　　Now analyze 80%. We can draw conclusions: An English-English dictionary is very useful.

It is easy to get an English-English dictionary.

(Ss can draw more conclusions)

After we draw conclusions from statistics, we have to make appropriate suggestions based on the conclusions. That is one of our major goals when doing a survey. According to the conclusions we made above, we can make a suggestion:

　　　Every student who is studying English should have an English-English dictionary.

(Ss give more suggestions.)

Here are some statistics gathered from a school survey about students' hobbies and interests. Analyse the statistics and draw at least three more conclusions. Then make your suggestions. (See page 56 pie chart) (Ss write down the sentences in the book.