Debate Skills and Fluency Activity “Make it Look Like”

Reading between the lines and anticipating where a conversation is headed for learners of English 🏌️ I’m back with a brand new video And not just for an activity, but with a whole lesson here 👍 You know I always advocate for active development of soft skills in English lessons It’s easy for us language teachers to get caught in typical grammar or lexical oriented lessons, just like in textbooks And it’s important to remember we don’t just teach the basics of a language, we also develop communication skills Here’s an example of a lesson focusing on communication and where language practice is targeted at real conversation In debates, not everyone plays fair! I’m sure you and your students can remember examples of when journalists, politicians, interviewers or debaters pushed someone in the corner and made their position really hard to defend Tom and I refer to this as “Leading to Conclusions” A lot of our students jokingly call this “Cancel Culture” You’ll find all the activities mentioned in the vi