T4speaking2lessons

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo t
• Leerjaar 4

If you

were the principal at school, what would you change?

Controversial

What personality traits do you want in your boyfriend/girlfriend?

Controversial

Would you rather know how you die or when you die? 

What is your opinion?

cigarettes should be banned from supermarkets

Why?

Why not?

What is your opinion?

students should have the possibility to change school rules.

Why

Why not?

What would you change?

Conversation

Work together with a classmate. Think of a country you definitely don’t want to live or work in. Tell your classmate about the country and explain your choice. Switch
roles. Talk for two to three minutes each.

 

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Giving your opinion...

Smoking marijuana should be legal.

Police officers should not carry guns.

Criminals who take a life (kill someone) should spend their entire life behind bars.

Graffiti is art, not crime.

Prisoners are sent to jail to be reeducated.

If you

had one wish, what would it be?

If you

were rich, what would you do?

What is your opinion?

everybody in the Netherlands should be an organ donor...

Why?

Why not?

What is your opnion?

abortion should be forbidden by law.

why?

why not?

Conversation

Work together with a classmate. You are a stand-up comedian. Your classmate is your audience. Tell your classmate a story that will make him/her laugh. Don’t forget to interact with your audience. Switch roles.  

           

Talk for two to three minutes each.

Giving your opinion

Men should open doors for women.

Men and women can never really be equal.

Women are better at teaching children than men are.

Men are smarter than women.

Companies should have quotas on their executive boards to make them 50% female.

At a bar, men should initiate conversation with women (and not the other way around).