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THEME 10 VALUES AND NORMS

FUNCTIONS
F1 Expressing opinions
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11 GRADE F2 Exchanging ideas
F3 Making comments
10 What’s Your Opinion?

This activity enables students to express their opinions and exchange ideas in a group discussion. It also helps them practice
their listening and speaking skills.

Materials and Preparation

Make a copy of the worksheet on page 196 for each student.

Procedure

1 Give each student a worksheet.
2 Ask them to read the controversial comments on different topics and tick one of the boxes depending on how much
they agree or disagree with the comment.
3 When students are done with the questionnaire, get them to work in groups of four. Ask them to share their opinions
on each sentence by giving their reasons.

11 Take Your Side

With this group debate activity, students will be able to express their opinions and make comments on each other’s
ideas. It will also help them practice all four of their main language skills.

Materials and Preparation

Make two copies of the worksheet on page 197 and cut them out.

Procedure

1 Put students into groups of six and then divide each group into Team A and Team B, each of which consists of three
students.
2 Give each group two slips of paper with the same controversial debate topic, one for Team A and one for Team B. Tell
them that Team A agrees with the topic, whereas Team B disagrees with it.
3 Give the whole class five minutes to prepare their argument in writing.
4 When the time is up, call the first group to the front of the class and get the teams to sit facing each other. Open up
the topic to the class and have all the other students watch the group debate for 5 minutes.
5 When the first group has run out of time, tell the class to take their side and ask, “Who agrees with Team A/B?” The
team that gets the most supporters is the winner of the debate.
6 Repeat the same process with the other groups.

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