Set like plaster? Debating whether personality can change
A psychologist and a skeptic argue about adult personality change; students debate the question in a fishbowl debate.
C2Adults55 minDebate
About this lesson
A C2 speaking lesson (debate). Warm-ups, role plays and discussion tasks — get the whole class talking.
- Level
- C2
- Skill
- Speaking
- Type
- Debate
- Students
- Adults
- Time
- About 55 minutes
- Topic
- Personality
- Activities
- Speaking / writing task, Key words, Reading text, Multiple choice, Gap-fill
- Key words
- The data would suggest…, That's an oversimplification., to be at odds with, By and large, …, The jury's still out on…, to cherry-pick, the maturity principle, emotionally stable
- Access
- Premium
By the end, students can
- Debate whether adult personality can change, interpreting research claims critically
- Use academic hedging and evidential language in spontaneous argument