| Synopsis: |
This book provides vocabulary, conversation tips, language learning tips, and discussion activities to help students debate on a wide variety of fairly non-controversial topics, from dining in or eating out, using the phone or e-mail, type A or type B, fiction or non-fiction, love at first sight or love over time, to diet or exercise.Along with the discussion activities, the book contains some reading, writing, and vocabulary activities.Each of the 30 units includes: pre-debate discussion questions new vocabulary words a reading that outlines both sides of the debate comprehension questions discussion activities that include expressions used in debate-related speech acts and those pertaining to language learning writing assignments idiom and vocabulary review. |