Practice giving opinions about laws and social issues.
Topics
Recommendations;
opinions;
social issues;
controversial issues
Speaking
Giving opinions for and against controversial issues; offering a different opinion;
agreeing and disagreeing
Grammar
Giving recommendations and opinions with passive modals: should be, ought to be, must be, has to be, has got to be;
tag questions for opinions
Pronunciation
Intonation in tag questions
Listening
Listening for solutions to
everyday annoyances; listening
to issues and opinions
Self-study:
Listening to concerns about issues and problems
Writing
Writing a letter to a community leader
Reading
“How Serious Is Plagiarism?”: Reading about plagiarism and people’s opinions about its severity
Activity
“You be the judge!”: Setting rules for common offences
Joke
A: How does an attorney sleep?
B: First he lies on one side, and then on the other.