Money for nothing? Debating universal basic income
An economist and a policy analyst clash over giving every citizen a regular payment; students learn advanced rebuttal language and debate the idea.
C1Adults60 minDebate
About this lesson
A C1 speaking lesson (debate). Warm-ups, role plays and discussion tasks — get the whole class talking.
- Level
- C1
- Skill
- Speaking
- Type
- Debate
- Students
- Adults
- Time
- About 60 minutes
- Topic
- Society & big questions
- Activities
- Key words, Speaking / writing task, Reading text, True / False, Matching
- Key words
- universal basic income (UBI), means-tested, a disincentive, welfare, automation, conflate, the evidence is far from conclusive, be that as it may
- Access
- Premium
By the end, students can
- Challenge evidence and assumptions with advanced rebuttal language
- Debate the economic and social implications of universal basic income