Too Hot to Handle
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A lesson dealing with the subject of controversial discussion topics in the classroom. Students discuss questions such as ‘How acceptable is it in your culture to express your opinion in public?’ before moving on to decide which topics might be considered controversial in English language classes around the world. Students further practise their fluency with a variety of discussion questions including ‘How important do you think freedom of speech is? And ‘How appropriate do you think it is to discuss controversial topics in English lessons?’
Contributed by Liz Regan | November 2009
Since taking the RSA CELTA Liz has worked for the British Council in Milan, gaining her RSA Diploma there. Apart from working as a freelance in-company language trainer, Liz is also an oral examiner for the Cambridge University Main Suite exams (KET, PET, FCE and CPE) as well as the BEC Preliminary, Vantage and Higher exams. She is a qualified practitioner of NLP (neuro-linguistic programming).
Since taking the RSA CELTA Liz has worked for the British Council in Milan, gaining her RSA Diploma there. Apart from working as a freelance in-company language trainer, Liz is also an oral examiner for the Cambridge University Main Suite exams (KET, PET, FCE and CPE) as well as the BEC Preliminary, Vantage and Higher exams. She is a qualified practitioner of NLP (neuro-linguistic programming).
November 3rd, 2009 at 15:44
Hi, I am an ESL teacher in Spain. I would like to know what do I need to print out your lesson plans, as I have tried and I always receive a message saying I need a password.
Thank you!
November 5th, 2009 at 10:32
Loli: you should not need a password to print any of these Talking Point PDFs. Are you unable to print this one (Too Hot to Handle), or some others, or all of them? Any information you can give will be helpful, but we are in any case checking into it.
November 5th, 2009 at 10:46
Well, I have tried again and now I can… strange, because last time I tried I couldn´t print any of the documents.
February 9th, 2010 at 03:31
I had no problem printing.
Thanks for the lesson!
March 17th, 2010 at 20:49
hello to all dedicated teachers:
thanks for the friendly site here mainly Joseph Essberger, the founder. i remain in the hope we can exchange innovations that would lead to new successes inside the classrooms. currently, i have interest in debates as a strategy for EFL classes. how about this? any suggestions?
August 20th, 2010 at 09:55
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