Ice breaker
Invent 2 problems and give advice to resolve that problem using any language you like, for example 'my sister's boyfriend sits on the sofa all day watching Netflix'
Grammar - giving advice/giving your opinion
Advice Construction
Using modal verbs - Should, ought to, had better
For example, 'you should tell your sister's boyfriend to do something productive with his life.'
Using the 2nd conditional - IF + PAST SIMPLE , MODAL VERB + PRESENT SIMPLE (INF)
For example, 'If I were you, I would tell your sister's boyfriend to get his ass in gear.'
REMEMBER, conditional clauses can have IF at the beginning or middle, so the order is interchangeable.
Giving opinion - Agreeing
Do you know these examples? Can you add to them?
You have a point there
I couldn’t agree with you more
I guess so (weak)
I’d go along with that
Disagreeing
Do you know these examples? Can you add to them?
That’s not always the case
I’m afraid I disagree
I beg to differ
True enough but...
I agree with you in principle, but...
I’m not sure about that
Expressing an opinion
Do you know these examples? Can you add to them?
The point/thing is…
Don’t you think it’s right to say that…?
I tend to think that…
Personally speaking, I believe…
If you ask me..
Open debate - slideshow
The open debate follows each of the '12 rules for life' from Professor Jordan Peterson's book of the same name. We discuss what we believe is the significance of each rule and how it can be applied. Each rule is detailed in this slideshow
Debate
Split into groups to discuss the following questions. After 5 minutes stop and move to a new group, with different people. NEW PLACES, NEW FACES. Try to communicate with as many people as possible to benefit from different vocabulary, grammar, accents and opinions.
AT HOME: try this as a writing exercise or start a discussion in the FORUM
1. What is the best advice you have received?
2. Can people benefit from advice without experience?
3. What advice would you give to your 16 year old self?
4. Why are self-help books so popular nowadays?
5. Which rule for life is the most useful and why?