Communication Workshop and Culture Corner

Objectives

To practice in a debate

To practise exchanging views

To practise using speaking strategies for debate

To write a personal essay

To review linking words in writing

To listen to and understand a song

Speaking: A Debate

Before you start

Exercise 1

Students work in small groups of three or four discussing the advantages and disadvantages of studying abroad.

Some of the students then share their ideas with the class.

Exercise 2

Play the cassette twice for students to complete the table with advantages and disadvantages

Check answers as a class.

Exercise 3

Give students time to read through the expressions and the Function File before playing the cassette and encourage them to guess the missing words.

Play the cassette for students to fill in the missing words.

Check students' answers by having them read the sentences.

Students work in small groups of three or four discussing which points mentioned by the speakers have been talked about in their discussion in Exercise 1.

Exercise 4

Students work in groups discussing the advantages and disadvantages of studying abroad using the expressions from the Function File to exchange views/

Stages 1