Task 2 Speaking

This step is to help the students review the ways they have learned to express their likes and dislikes.

T: Let's come to Speaking. Please work in pairs. Prepare a questionnaire about people's likes and dislikes in art. Write 6 questions. At last, I'll ask some students to show me your questionnaires.

After several minutes, check the answers.

Sample answers:

Questionnaire 1

1. Do you enjoy painting?

2. Which do you prefer, oil paintings or watercolors?

3. Do you like landscapes?

4. Which artist do you like best?

5. What do you know about the great artist Qi Baishi?

6. Do you like drawing?

Questionnaire 2

1. What do you know about the humorist Hua Junwu?

2. Who do you know started Cubism?

3. Have you ever been to any art gallery?

4. How do you like the works by Xu Beihhong?

5. Have you ever seen the works by famous artist Wu Daozi who lived in the Tang Dynasty?

6. Do you know any famous artist living in the Ming Dynasty?

Questionnaire 3

1. Do you know any works of the Impressionist school in France?

2. Have you visited any art show?

3. Do you like China's landscapes?

4. What do you think of the works of American artist Roy Lichtenstein?

5. Do you like to be a painter in the future?

6. Who do you know is the most famous painter in China today?