Change in pastimes in Bangladesh This class is about “Change in pastimes in Bangladesh”. “Change in pastimes in Bangladesh” is part of Lesson-4, of Unit-2 (Pastimes) of SSC English 1st Paper. This book is a lesson of English Today of SSC. That means the “Pastimes vary” class is useful for students of Class 9 and Class 10.
Change in pastimes in Bangladesh
A. Tiya and Anusha decided to make a survey on students’ pastimes in their classes. After the survey, they presented their findings in a chart. Look at the chart and read how they explain their findings.
| Items | For classes 9-10 | For classes 5-6 |
| Playing games and sports | 22.3% | 9.2% |
| Watching television | 17.2% | 31.2% |
| Chatting with friends | 13.7% | 6.7% |
| Reading books or magazines | 12.9% | 11.7% |
| Gardening | 10.7% | 6.1% |
| Attending social programs such as music, recitations or debates | 9.1% | 7.8% |
| Playing games on computers | 8.2% | 20.9% |
| Others | 5.9% | 6.4% |
Tiya: Hello everyone! My name is Tiya. My friend, Anusha, and I are going to do a presentation on Pastime Habits of Classes 9 and 10 students in our school. There are 120 students, 60 in class 9 and 60 in class 10. The classes have gender equity. Each class has 30 male and 30 female students. The survey shows that 22.3 percent of students in classes 9-10 like games and sports as their favorite pastime, which is the 4th option given by classes 5-6 students.
Watching television is the second choice (17.2%) by the first group in contrast to 31.2% of the second group. It is noteworthy that watching television is the first choice of the second group. A considerable number (13.7%) of 9-10 students like to chat with their friends and thus it becomes the third popular choice in the chart while this becomes one of the less important choices by the younger kids. Only 6.7% of the kids take it as their first priority.
It’s interesting that both groups like reading books. 12.9% of students in classes 9-10 take it as their favorite pastime. The number is 11.7% for Classes 5-6 students. Besides, gardening is voted (10.7% of students) to be the 5th preference by the grown-up group though it is not that much liked by the younger group. Only 6.1% of the young kids are involved in it.
This is interesting that though a higher number of students in classes 9-10 prefer attending social programs (9.1%) than students of classes 5-6 (7.8%), as a choice it is preferred by the latter group. It is the 5th choice for them while to the older group, it is the 6th.
Young kids have a greater fascination for playing games on the computers (20.9% like it as their first choice). The chart shows that as the kids grow up, they lose their passion for computer games. According to the chart, the ratio declines to 8.2% from 20.9% when the kids are students of classes 9-10. Finally, it can be said that the influence of television has an impact on both groups but the more students grow up, the more they opt for fields/gyms.
Questions:
1. What are the gender policy of the surveyors?
2. What are the survey findings regarding watching television?
3. Which age group is more interested in socializing with others?
4. According to the chart, how do the kids change their pastimes when they are grown up? What changes does the chart for 9-10 reflect?
B. Work in groups. Make a chart on the pastimes of the students in your class and present it to your class.
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