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THEME 1 MUSIC

FUNCTIONS
F1 Expressing opinion (agreeing, disagreeing, etc.)
12 GRADE F2 Expressing preferences
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2 After they have discussed the questions, tell students that they are going to do a listening activity.
3 Hand out each student a worksheet and remind them that they will hear seven different types of
music in the audio. Then, ask them to match each track to the musical genres given while they are
listening.
4 Check the answers with class.
5 Ask students to listen to the audio again to take notes about the emotions evoked by each musical
genre while they are listening.
6 Then, ask them to work in pairs to describe the emotions they felt and discuss them with
their partners to compare and identify similarities and differences in terms of their personal
characteristics and traits.

6 Debate

The aim of this activity is to have students participate in a debate and practice the expressions for giving
opinions and disagreeing. It also helps students to improve their communicative competence, getting
involved and participating actively in the learning process.

Materials and Preparation

Photocopy one worksheet on page 23 for each group of students.

Procedure

1 Put the class into an even number of groups with four or five students in each group and hand out
one copy of the debate list to each group. Ask them to examine the topics carefully and choose one
of the debate topics together, in addition to determining whether they agree or disagree with the
topic.
2 Tell them that two groups should choose the same topic from different points of view, one arguing
for, one arguing against to create a debate. Remind them that they will use the expressions in the
list as well as the other expressions they have learned in theme 1.
3 Before starting the debate, have each group discuss with their group members to prepare their
‘for’ or ‘against’ argument, taking notes in the material for about at last ten minutes. Tell them each
member of the group should take part in the activity.
4 When all the class is ready, ask two groups working on the same topic from different points of
view to come to the front of the class to present their argument separately. After each group has
presented their argument on the topic, the two groups respond to each other by disagreeing and
giving a counter-argument.
5 When the debate is over, have the class vote to choose the winner of the debate. Have students who
voted for the winner of the debate explain why that group won. Then, the two new groups come to
the front of the class and begin the next debate and so on.

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