Электронный журнал на английском языке «C.I.T.Y.» IDEAL PASTIME or THE ETERNAL DISCOVERY OF OWN TERRA INCOGNITA - 2011 (Идеальное времяпрепровождение или вечные открытия нашей собственной "неизвестной земли") Главный редактор журнала «C.I.T.Y.» WEB-дизайнеры электронной версии Александр Менахин |
Have a Break? - Why not..?
Some people today say that teenagers have nothing to do. It’s not true. We are totally busy, especially during breaks. To find out the most popular ways of spending 10 to 20 minutes of free time between various lessons, we asked students of 8th – 11th forms to do our questionnaire.
1. What do you usually do during a break?If you have done the questionnaire, you can compare your results with the answers of other students. It is obvious, that mostly students prefer eating during breaks - 45 %, reading books is popular with 35 % of schoolchildren, while 20 % of them like talking to each other between lessons. Surprisingly no one plays mobile phones! Again eating is considered to be the most popular activity during breaks in our gymnasium - 35%, reading and chatting get 30% each and only 5% of students are involved into playing mobile phones. The vast majority of students (60%) admit that they often read during breaks. 35% of teenagers do it form time to time, while only 5% say they never open books or exercise-books between lessons. As for favourite genres of books, 50% of students choose science fiction (mainly American writers), 30% - adventure stories, 15% - historical novels and only 5% admit that they like serious classical literature. Finally we should pay attention to the fact that although reading at home is quite popular - 35%, about half of the students read books during breaks - 45%. 15% of teenagers prefer reading in public transport and only 5% do it at lessons. Students admit it is very difficult for them to find time for reading at home as they have a lot of courses and out-of-school activities.