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Transcript of Leisure All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
Leisure
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
Focal Questions Why do you think people in Britain today have more l
eisure time than ever before? (P99) Where and how do most British people choose to sp
end their spare time? Why? (P101) Can you give some reasons why the traditional worki
ng-class and established middle-class families take different attitudes toward their homes? (101)
What, to your knowledge, are among the most popular leisure activities away from home among adults in Great Britain? (103)
What factors affect people’s choice of different leisure activities in Britain today? (Pp100, 102)
A 1 IntroductionDefinition
Leisure – freely chosen activities pursued during non-working time, related to financial security provided by work
Leisure -- free time during which somebody has no obligations or work responsibilities, and therefore is free to engage in enjoyable activities
the time when you are free from work or other duties and can relax
time when you are not working or studying and can relax and do things you enjoy
A 1 More leisure time
Shorter working week – 40 hrs per week, 38 hrs for non-manual workers
Fewer weeks to work per year More paid holiday each year More money to spend since WWII
Time spent on main activities: by sex, 2005, GB
Selected activities performed in free time, by sex, 20
06/07, England
Households with access to the Internet, GB
Proportion of adults who had participated in the arts in the 4 weeks before interview: GB, 2002
A 2 Puzzle
3/4 of people in the UK Newspaper crossword
s Coffee-break teasers Puzzles in magazines
and even in TV shows
A 2 Soap Operas
The storylines of Coronation Street tend to concentrate on relationships within and between families rather than on topical or social issues
Coronation Street is imbued with a definite feeling of community. Through its account of supposedly everyday life, the programme shows a high degree of social realism
The Street, as it is affectionately known, has been at the top of the U.K. ratings for over thirty years.
Coronation Street
A 3 Leisure outside the Home
Greater gender & class differences Provision of leisure activities -- local government,
private companies, voluntary organizations The Pub – public bar & lounge bar, dartboards, sn
ookers, bar billiards, skittles, dominoes, electronic games, juke boxes, TV, live music entertainment, local jazz group or rock ’n’ roll band
More money spent on drink in pubs, restaurants or wine bars
Pubs: filling social vacuum, central to British life
A 3 Leisure outside the Home
Meal in restaurants Library Cinema– still a staple part of British life & on rising trend Historic buildings Short break holiday Disco or night club Museum or art gallery Funfair Camping or caravanning Bingo Visiting betting shops Theatre, ballet, opera, minority pursuits yet giving Britain
high cultural profile
A 3 Leisure outside the Home
Bar
A 3 Leisure outside the Home
Pub dominoes
A 3 Leisure outside the Home
Dartboard Lounge bar
A 3 Leisure outside the Home
Wine bar
A 3 Leisure outside the Home
Bar Billiards Snookers
A 3 Leisure outside the Home
Skittles Ten-pin bowling
A 3 leisure outside the Home
Jukebox Country bar
A 3 Leisure outside the Home Gambling
Betting shop (Bookies)
Bets placed at Bookies Popular forms of gamb
ling in Britain Football pools Betting on horse racing
practised by working rather than middle class
A 3 Gambling
First game: Saturday 19th November 1994 The National Lottery games: 90+% of the U
K population—sometimes, 65%—on a regular basis
£12 billion: 'good causes‘—helped deprived groups, saved buildings & national treasures, enabled more people to enjoy sports and the arts
A3 Gambling
Out of every £1 spent on a Lottery ticket 28 pence goes to the good causes.
How's the money distributed:
Where does the good causes money go?
National Lottery partnersThe National Lottery is a partnership between Government, the Lottery
Commission, the National Lottery Operator and the Distribution Bodies to raise money for the good causes in local communities.
GOVERNMENTGOVERNMENT
THE THE DEPARTMENT OF DEPARTMENT OF CULTURE MEDIA CULTURE MEDIA
AND SPORTAND SPORT
THE THE NATIONAL NATIONAL LOTTERY LOTTERY
COMMISSIONCOMMISSION
NLDBsNLDBs
The Arts CouncilThe Arts Council
National Lottery Charities BoardNational Lottery Charities Board
The Heritage Lottery FundThe Heritage Lottery Fund
The Millennium CommissionThe Millennium Commission
The New Opportunities FundThe New Opportunities Fund
Sports Council TheSports Council The
THE NATIONAL THE NATIONAL LOTTERY LOTTERY
OPERATOROPERATOR
CAMELOTCAMELOT
NATIONAL LOTTERY NATIONAL LOTTERY
DISTRIBUTION DISTRIBUTION BODIESBODIES
NLDBsNLDBs
GOOD CAUSESGOOD CAUSES
A 3 Leisure outside the HomeThe National Lottery
Five groups of beneficiaries were designated by the Government to receive equal shares of funds from The National Lottery:
The Arts Councils of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
The Sports Councils of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
The National Lottery Charities Board The National Heritage Memorial Fund The Millennium Fund (A fund to celebrate the year 2000
and the beginning of the third millennium. ) A sixth was added in 1998 The New Opportunities Fund — for projects covering
education, health and the environment
A 3 Gambling
UK National Lottery Winning Cards by Week
The first 20 winning cards ...
A 3 The National Lottery
Tickets: newsagents and post offices
On Saturday nights—the weekly programme : 12 million viewers
A 3 Leisure outside the Home
Bingo hall Bingo hall
A 3 Sport
Sports and social class “class consciousness is fundamental to th
e British sense of national identity. Differences of accent, dress, taste and life style all serve as markers of class” (Raw and Walker, 1994, p. 5)
fox hunting: upper-class; football: the working class; cricket
A 3 Sport & the British Culture
Main sports practised in winter: rugby, soccer
Soccer – “a gentlemen’s game for roughs” Rugby -- “a roughs’ game for gentlemen” Paradox – most public schools play rugby b
ut Eaton and Harrow have always played soccer
A 3 Sport
Soccer
A 3 Sport
Cricket
A 3 Sport
Cricket Horse racing
A 3 Sport
Netball
A 3 Sport
Aroebics
A 3 Fox Hunting
Language & Culture Terminology for people watching leisure entertain
ment Soccer -- crowds, suggesting “amorphous” , the
mass Rugby -- spectators, “dispassionate onlookers” Cinema -- audiences, more sophisticated, listen TV -- viewers, denying passivity of TV ”couch p
otato” Theatre -- theatre- goers, some form of dynami
sm Opera -- opera buffs, uniform worn by smart re
giments
A 3 Leisure outside the Home
Why participate? To know more people &
understand them better To learn how to get along
with others To get a feeling of
excitement & a sense of success
To have experience of wearing popular & fashionable sports clothes
12-month and 4-week participation rates, GB 2002
Selected sports, games and physical activities amon
g adults, by sex, 2006/07, England
Twelve month and four week participation rates, GB 2002
wal ki ng, 46
swi mmi ng, 35keep fi tyoga, 22
cycl i ng, 19cue sports,
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wal ki ng keepfi t/ yoga
cuesports
percentage
Main reason for non-participation in an active sport, Engl
and 2005/06
A 3 Leisure outside the homeYouth organizations
Boys’ scouts Boys brigade
ConclusionThe Defining Factors of Identity
Education, work, and leisure ‘How do you do?’, ‘What do you do?’ ‘ Wher
e did you go to school?’ Leisure activities: the exercise of individual c
hoice
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