Debates: is gratitude a duty or a feeling?
Speaking · Debates · C2 · 45 min. A whole-class debate on the motion that gratitude is a duty, not a feeling: students explore where the word 'obliged' comes from, read both positions, sort arguments, prepare their case in teams and debate with the floor voting before and after.
About this worksheet
A whole-class debate on the motion that gratitude is a duty, not a feeling: students explore where the word 'obliged' comes from, read both positions, sort arguments, prepare their case in teams and debate with the floor voting before and after.
- Level
- C2
- Category
- Speaking
- Topic
- Debates
- Time
- About 45 minutes
- Exercises
- True / False, Key words, Reading text, Matching, Speaking / writing task, Table to fill in
- Answer key
- Included
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On the sheet
- True / False: Get ready. With your teacher, guess: true (T) or false (F)?
- Key words: Useful language for a nuanced debate
- Reading text: Read the motion and the two positions.
- Matching: Match each argument to the point it makes. Then decide which side woul
- Speaking / writing task: Read how the debate works. Then choose your team.
- Table to fill in: Prepare your case in teams (10 minutes). Agree on three arguments and
- Table to fill in: Floor: record the votes before and after the debate.
