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Mini-Debates

Mini-Debates

Int – Adv
28 English lessons
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You won’t find topics like “Teen Botox” or “Banning Pit Bulls” in your average textbook. These lessons contain readings based on hot topics from the news. Lessons include warm-up questions, a reading, vocabulary development tasks, and two statements for debate. Mini-debates are useful for exam prep classes where students must learn to speak or write opinions on both sides of an issue.

Sample Lesson

Video Game Violence

Int – Adv

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Teachers' NotesInt – Adv

Gun ControlInt – Adv

Advertising to ChildrenHigh Int – Adv

Freedom of the PressHigh Int

Legalizing MarijuanaInt – Adv

English GlobalizationInt – Adv

The Right To DieInt – Adv

Video Game ViolenceInt – Adv

The Kyoto ProtocolInt – Adv

The Death PenaltyInt – Adv

Animal TestingInt – Adv

Corporate ResponsibilityInt – Adv

Banning Trans FatsInt – Adv

Caring for the ElderlyInt – Adv

EuthanasiaInt – Adv

Banning Pit BullsInt – Adv

CheatingInt – Adv

Smoking BanInt – Adv

Banning LandminesInt – Adv

Gene PatentingInt – Adv

The Live 8 ConcertsInt – Adv

Water PrivatizationInt – Adv

File SharingInt – Adv

Junk Food at SchoolInt – Adv

Employee TrackingInt – Adv

Teen BotoxInt – Adv

Black Gold: the MovieInt – Adv

Cell Phones in ClassInt – Adv

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Business MattersInt – Adv

Health MattersInt

Discussion StartersInt – Adv

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Mini-Debates

Sample Lesson

Video Game Violence