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Writing My Home Town 1


Writing My Home Town 1
Dear Class, This is the second lesson for today.
You are going to write about your Home Town. Before you start, I want to give the example how to describe your home town.
http://manwrites.com/how-to-talk-about-your-hometown-in-english/
How to talk about your hometown in English
By David Buckley

In the following guide, I will show you step by step how to talk about every aspect of your hometown.

Don’t Recite Lists!

Many students just reel off a list of phrases without putting any further thought into what they are saying.
If you do this, the examiner or reader will probably be unimpressed. 
I am talking about these kinds of answers:
My hometown is modern
My hometown is famous
My hometown is beautiful
My hometown is crowded
My hometown has many people
This says nothing about your hometown at all!
And it just makes you sound like a robot reeling off recited answers! 
So don’t do it.

The examiner or a reader wants to hear more than this. If you say your hometown is modern, then describe how it is modern. Tell me about the high-rise buildings and the city skyline. If your hometown is famous, tell me why it is famous. What stories can you tell me that show me how famous your hometown is?
This is what you need to do when talking about the town or city where you grew up.

Talking about the Landmarks in your Hometown


Every town and city has at least one landmark.Do not say to me that your hometown doesn’t have any landmarks because I will not believe you. There must be at least one. So you can talk about that.
I am from England and these are the kind of landmarks you can find in English towns:
Churches
A library
A town hall
A well-known pub (every English town has many pubs)
A town square
A park

A statue or monument of some kind
Once you identify what these landmarks are, then you talk about them.
Example :
My hometown has a very old church in the centre. I never go there but I can hear the bells ringing on a Sunday for the Sunday service. There is a cemetery next to the church which always looks a bit creepy at night. 
We have a nice library in our town. It is in a nice old building. It’s a great place to relax and read. They have free newspapers too. 
There’s a pub called The Red Lion. It’s a pretty quiet place, I think most of the regulars are old men, always complaining about the news or talking about football.
There’s a shopping centre in the middle of my hometown. It’s kind of boring but me and my friends go there because it’s the only place for us to go on a Saturday evening. 
One time we went there, and they had a little show in the middle of the centre. Some local singers who sing in a choir were doing a performance. I think they were trying to raise money for a local charity.

All you have to do about the landmarks in your town is make observations about it — what it looks like, where it is and who visits this place. If you have a story to tell about it that is great.
Other landmarks could be:
A mosque
A temple
A shopping mall
A restaurant
A big tree
A school or university
A hill

Well class, Now do the exercise below.

Exercise 1

Spend some time thinking about the landmarks in your hometown. Write some sentences about each one, describing the landmarks in detail. If you have any interesting stories to tell about the landmarks, then write them down too. 

Talking about the People in your Hometown
The next thing you can do is to talk about the people.
Without people, there is no town so you have to talk about the people.
Think about the following questions when talking about the people in your hometown:
What jobs do they do?
Do they have a special accent?
What kind of things do they like to do?
What do the people enjoy doing at the weekend?
Do they all know each other? 

In your hometown, the people may have their own dialect. If so, talk about that. 
There’s a very famous rugby club in my town so I think many people support rugby. Whenever there is a game you can hear all the crowd cheering the team on for miles around. I imagine not everyone goes to the rugby games, but this gives a clear picture of what many people in the town like to do. I think many people in my hometown like to take care of their garden. I see many people at the weekend, mowing their lawns or pruning bushes in their gardens. It seems to be a popular thing where I live. 

You can only give an idea of how you think people spend their weekends. It would be impossible for you to know exactly what all the people in your hometown are doing every weekend!  I think many people in my hometown know each other as it is a small town. It is not like London where no one seems to know each other.

And again, you can only give a very rough impression here. There are some towns where everyone seems to know each other, and others where no one knows anyone else. And in London, there are entire districts where the people have grown up with each other.


You cannot know everything about all the people in your hometown. But you can give an impression based on what you have seen people do.
When introducing the people in your hometown that is enough.

Exercise 2

Try to think of answers for the above questions. Write down some sentences about the people in your hometown.

Talking about the Food in your Hometown

This part is very easy.
 Every town and city has a kind of dish that is very popular to eat. All you have to do is talk about that.
It doesn’t matter if this food was originally created in your hometown, if the people like to eat it then you can talk about that.

For example, in nearly every English town and city, you can find Indian restaurants. Why? Because English people love Indian food. It is not an ethnic food of England; it comes from India, but when talking about the food in an English town it would be a good subject to use in the test.

But maybe your town or city does have a unique dish or style of food that originates from your hometown. If so, then you can talk about that.

How to talk about it? 

You have to think of the following questions:

What are the ingredients of this food or special dish?
What does it taste like? Spicy, sweet, sour, salty? 
Why do the local people like it in your hometown? 
Where can I buy it if I visit your hometown?
Do people cook it at home or is it only available in restaurants? 
Or is it a special kind of ‘street food’? Or maybe all three? 
Do people eat this food for breakfast, lunch or dinner? 
Do they eat in on special occasions? 
So let’s use an example that can be found in England.

Fish & Chips.

This is a very popular dish that can be found all over the country. It is not very healthy, but it is delicious and many people love to eat it. 
If we go through all the questions one by one we can break down how to talk about fish and chips in this part.

Ingredients 
Fish and potatoes. Also, some oil for cooking and you can add salt and vinegar to your own taste.

Taste 
Often very salty. 

Why do people like it?
It’s delicious! Not so healthy but it does taste good. It’s also very convenient to buy.

Where can I buy this food? 
In the local fish and chips shop. These are small shops that make fish and chips and then you take it home and eat it. Some restaurants make it too. These restaurants are very simple but the food is always good. It is cheap to buy.

When do people eat it? 
Usually, people eat it in the evenings. There is a custom to eat fish and chips on a Friday. We always say Fish on a Friday.
You see how simple it is to talk about food in your hometown? 

Exercise 3

Now you try. 
Take all the questions and talk about a well-known or popular dish in your hometown. Just look at all the questions and answer them one by one.
When you have written all your answers down, practice speaking out loud. 

Talking about the Culture in your Hometown
Each town and city in every country has its own unique kind of customs. There are special events or festivals that your hometown holds every year and these are part of the culture of your hometown.
Take a few minutes and think about what special events or festivals your hometown holds every year. 
What happens at on these special days?
Why do people go to this event?
Is there a historical meaning behind it? 

If you get stuck, you can search online and find out what customs and special holidays are celebrated in your hometown or city. Do some research and you will find many examples.  
Other things make up the culture of the town or city — the food, the people, the daily habits, the lifestyle. These all add up to create a special culture that is unique to your hometown.
Let me give you an example from England.

Cheese Rolling 
In a few towns across England, there are cheese-rolling festivals. This is usually held on Spring Bank Holiday Monday. A big round block of cheese is rolled down a hill and people chase after it. The first person to catch it is the winner. 
This is a very old tradition that began hundreds of years ago. Cheese was believed to be a sign of fertility in the springtime so it was important to celebrate it years ago. 
Now people celebrate it because it is good fun and an old custom. 

Talking about the General Culture of your Hometown

People in my hometown like to drink tea. It is a very important thing to sit down and drink tea with your friends and spend time catching up with some local news.Tea is considered a very sociable activity so people like to drink tea together. In my hometown, people like to make apple cider. It is quite a strong kind of beer and easy to make. Many local farms make it and they sell it to the local people. There is a small green field in my town and people like to sit and play cricket on a Sunday. They have free time to sit with their family and friends. Also, cricket is a very relaxing game, so it is nice to play on a Sunday before going back to work on a Monday.

Exercise 4

Think of some local traditions or festivals that take place in your hometown. What happens on these special days? What do people do? What is the history behind it?
Also, think of customs or activities that people regularly like to do in your town.
Write all your ideas on paper and then practice speaking out loud with your friends.

Well Class, I hope this explanation can give you the picture or understanding how to describe about your home town.

In this session, there are only 4 exercises. 
We will continue talking about your home town part too, next week.

Good Luck !
Teacher : Nani



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