Do nations need their myths? A podcast panel on founding stories
A podcast panel of a historian, a psychologist and a novelist on the Thanksgiving story, Plymouth Rock and other founding myths; students follow a fast discussion, track each speaker's stance and hedging, and run a panel of their own.
C2Adults60 minPodcast
About this lesson
A C2 listening lesson (podcast). Dialogues and stories to listen to, with transcripts, speed control and ready-made questions.
- Level
- C2
- Skill
- Listening
- Type
- Podcast
- Students
- Adults
- Time
- About 60 minutes
- Topic
- Thanksgiving
- Activities
- Key words, Speaking / writing task, Listening (read aloud), True / False, Multiple choice, Matching
- Key words
- apocryphal, to embellish, to debunk, social glue, to push back, a parable, to hold something loosely, a grain of truth
- Access
- Premium
By the end, students can
- Follow a fast panel discussion and track how each speaker's position develops
- Recognize how speakers hedge, concede and push back to signal stance
- Take part in a panel on a founding story, using hedging and stance language