Saving the Blue Room: a council hearing on a music venue
A small live-music venue faces closure after noise complaints from new flats; students study how speakers make representations at a hearing, then play residents, musicians, the developer and councillors in a multi-party role play.
C1Adults55 minRole play
About this lesson
A C1 speaking lesson (role play). Warm-ups, role plays and discussion tasks — get the whole class talking.
- Level
- C1
- Skill
- Speaking
- Type
- Role play
- Students
- Adults
- Time
- About 55 minutes
- Topic
- Music
- Activities
- Key words, Speaking / writing task, Reading text, True / False, Gap-fill
- Key words
- grassroots venue, licence, soundproofing, agent of change, representation, I'd like to make three brief points., With the greatest respect to ..., Is there any scope for ...?
- Access
- Premium
By the end, students can
- Present a position formally and concisely to a decision-making panel
- Question other parties and respond to challenges diplomatically
- Negotiate and evaluate compromises between competing interests