American & British Culture – Instructor: Phuong To Tam

HOW AMERICANS SPEND

THEIR LEISURE TIME

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 OUTLIN
E
PART A PART B

Introduction Most Popular

Leisure Activities
 B. Most popular leisure activities

1.Watching TV/social media 2. Sports

How much time do people 2.1 The 5 most popular sports in the
1.1
spend watching TV? USA

Does the Vietnamese have this 2.2 Why Americans love playing
1.2
same TV addiction? sport in their leisure time?
2.3 Why sport is popular in
1.3 Social Network America? (comparing to
Vietnam)
1.4 COVID-19 and its effect on 2.4 Competition carried to an
recreational screen time of extreme & recreational in
Americans activities
PART A
INTRODUCTION
 The Americans engage in
leisure and sports activities

95.2% 97%
in an average day in the weekend

Source: US Bureau of Labor Statistics (2019)

 LEISURE ACTIVITIE
S

Sports Socializing &

Communicating
Exercise
Others
Recreation
Leisure & Sports

5.2
hours/day

Source: Statista
MOST POPULAR
PART B
LEISURE
ACTIVITIES
 How much time do
WATCHING
1.
1.1 people spend
TV/SOCIAL
watching TV?
MEDIA
1.1 How much time do people spend watching TV?

2013-2017
Civilian noninstitutional population ages 15
and older spent 2 hours 46 minutes/day
watching TV

55.2%
The total time per day they spent in
leisure and sports activities.
USA is one of the countries with highest average
time spent watching TV

Source: US Bureau of Labor Statistics (2019)

Why?
Source: Quora
Massive broadcasting industry

Source: Quora
Convenience

Source: Quora
 Does the
Vietnamese
1.2 have this same
TV addiction?
1.2 Does the Vietnamese have this same TV addiction?

Vietnamese
0 / 66 watch TV
everyday
1 77
Source: Kantar Media TNS Media Vietnam Report
 1.2 Does the Vietnamese have this same TV addiction?

1970s-1980s Recently
Media devices were still Technology developed
limited
Living standards were
improved
Most households own at
least a TV in their home
Program content is
increasingly diverse and
superior
The Vietnamese
Famous love bông
TV programs: Những watching
hoa nhỏ
TV just like the Americans
 SOCIAL
1.3 NETWORK
 1.3 (INTERNET/SOCIAL MEDIA) SOCIAL NETWORK

Total
Amiddigital
the time by
the end of 2022
pandemic, US
adults spent 1

0
hour more per
day on digital
activities (across
hours/day
all devices) than
1
they did in 2019

Source: eMarketer
 COVID – 19 and
its effect on
1.4 recreational
screen
time of
Americans
 COVID – 19 and its effect on recreational screen time of
1.4 Americans

Source: U.S Bureau of Labor Statistics

 COVID – 19 and its effect on recreational screen time of
1.4 Americans

Report during pandemic

o There was a significant

increase in the hours of
recreational screen time.
o Reasons:
• staying more connected with
family/ friends.
• staying updated on news,
physical distancing, and
boredom.
 The 5 most
2.12. SPORTS
popular
sports in the
USA
 2. SPORTS 2.1. The 5 most popular sports in the USA

Favorite sport 1. Football: 37%

TV reviewing declared
Sport Major league
record (source: of Americans
Gallup)
declare that it’s
American NFL 111.9m 37%
football
their favorite sport
Baseball/ MLB 40.0m 9% to watch
softball
Basketball NBA 24.4m 11%
The most
Ice hockey NHL 27.6m 4% popular sport
Soccer MLS 27.3m 7%
in the USA

Source: Startscore
 Why
Americans
2.2 love playing
sport in their
leisure time?
 REASO
NS
AMERICAN
AFTER CIVIL CONTRIBUTI
VALUES
WAR ON

• Leisure activities grew

Organized sports may as people began to
Contributed to racial
be considered as part see the importance of
and social integration
of "the national exercise to health
and over history have
religion“, a mixture of • Vehicles for
been a "social glue"
patriotism and transmitting such
bonding the country
national pride. values as justice, fair
together.
play, and teamwork.
 Why sport is

2.3 popular in
America?
(comparing
to Vietnam)
 Being a student - athlete

USA Vietnam
❖ If they could not get their assignments
done, the teachers would push back the
deadline. • Vietnamese consider
❖ They get away with being disrespectful those who participate in
to an adult or bullying other students.
sport a waste of time
❖ Student-athletes are widely recognized unless you are extremely
around the school for the sports that talented or your body
they play. stats are above the
❖ If an athlete cheats on a test and is charts.
caught, the teacher may bend the rules
to help that person out.
The number of scholarships in USA

Athletic Number of Number of Maximum

Association Schools Athletes Number of
Scholarships
NCAA Division 1 350 139.063 74,243
NCAA Division 2 310 85.385 36.343
NCAA Division 3 438 144.062 0
NAIA 260 56.354 25.778
NJCAA 464 53.248 41.195
Other 276 37.737 N/A
Total 2.058 517.849 177.559
Source: NAIA Head Coach Geoff Schaab
 The number of universities
specializing in sports in Vietnam

University of Ha Noi Ton Duc Da Nang

Sport Ho Chi University of Thang University of
Minh City Physical University Physical
Education and Education and
Sports Sports
 Salary for a student - athlete

USA Vietnam

Zero
If they decide to go
currently range between professional, their salary
$37,000 to $48,000 with top varies from 250 to 450$
earners making $52,500 per month.
annually across the United Their career length is
States. short and unstable, while
• the risk of permanent
injury is high.
 Competition

2.4 carried to an
extreme &
recreational
in activities
2. SPORTS 2.4.1. Competition carried to an extreme
2. SPORTS 2.4.1. Competition carried to an extreme

Passion:
• “Winning is the only thing” 🡪
misunderstood the core
value of sports.
2. SPORTS 2.4.1. Competition carried to an extreme

“Winning is the only

thing that matters in
sports” – Vince
Lombardi

“Anyone who tells me,

‘Don’t worry that you lost;
you played a good game
anyway’, ‘I just hate’” –
Woody Hayes
2. SPORTS 2.4.1. Competition carried to an extreme

Passion:
• Such beliefs weaken fair play,
behave with dignity when
defeated (RESPECT), following
the rules (HONEST).
2. SPORTS 2.4.1. Competition carried to an extreme

Passion
Respect:
• when the idea of winning in
sports is carried to excess,
however, honorable competition
can turn into disorder and
violence.
2.4.1

A Students tried to hurt

an opponent at least 45
once during a game:
13%
30
B Students said
something mean to an
opponent: 17% 15

C Students tried to “get 0

back” at another
player: 40%
Surveying 800 adolescent athletes playing
10 different sports all across the U.S.,
Shields (2005)
2. SPORTS 2.4.1. Competition carried to an extreme

Passion

Respect:
• when the idea of winning in sports is
carried to excess, however, honorable
competition can turn into disorder and
violence.
• Increase in injuries rate, especially in
football, the number of injuries resulting
from the extreme roughness of the
game.
 2. SPORTS 2.4.1. Competition carried to an extreme

Injury Percentage of all injuries

Athletes are willing
Strains and sprains 40%
to use foul play,
trick play, and
Bruises 25%
attack the
Dislocations 15%
opponent just to
Fractures 10% win.
Concussions (brain injury) 5%

Source: Wikipedia
2. SPORTS 2.4.1. Competition carried to an extreme

Passion

Respect

Honest:
Athletes are willing to cheat to
guarantee success, either through the
use of performance-enhancing drugs or
through the act of injuring others.
2. SPORTS 2.4.1. Competition carried to an extreme

Lance Armstrong - a former

American road-racing cyclist, a
winner of 7 consecutive Tour de
France is accused of using
Doping
(Performance-enhancing drugs)
in 2012.
Lance Armstrong was then
stripped of his victories and
banned from competition
after he tested positive for
doping
 2. SPORTS 2.4.2. Recreational activities

Recreational activities refer to all

activities that people choose to
make their leisure time more Recreational activities Percentage
interesting and enjoyable. (Top 3)
Family and friends 58%
gathering
91% Going to the pool 48%
Walking/ Hiking 45%
Americans prefer ( Conducted by National Recreation and Park Association
outdoor (NRPA)
recreation activity
 2 types of recreation
High level of physical activities Pastimes

• Jogging, running, tennis, skiing,

mountain climbing, …… • Handicrafts, gardening,
Americans carry over their belief in DIY, cooking, candle
hard work into the world of play
making, needlework,
and recreation: “We like to work
hard and play hard.”
family and friend
• American’s interest in gathering
self-improvement, self-reliance, 🡪 improve minds and skill
determination
•
2. SPORTS 2.4.1. Recreational activities

2 opposite tendency in
Conclusion choosing recreation

The desire to feel self-reliant,

self-improvement, and adventurous=>
choose adventure and a high level of
physical

The love of comfort, peaceful=>

choose pastimes
THANK YOU FOR LISTENING!

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