The Limits of Free Speech

C1 · Advanced57 minConversation StartersLesson 4 of 8 · Outline

Aims

Goal: argue where free expression should end — conceding the reality of harm, pushing back on easy answers, and hedging the genuine grey areas.

The lesson, stage by stage

  1. Warm up5 min

    Warm-up: Drawing the line

    2 warm-up questions

  1. Reading10 min

    Reading: Where Does Free Speech End?

    Read a 399-word text about Where Does Free Speech End?

  2. Vocabulary8 min

    Vocabulary: Key Vocabulary

    6 items

  3. Practice7 min

    Practice: Fix the Debate Claims

    Error-correction exercise, 5 items

  4. Practice7 min

    Practice: Build Free Speech Arguments

    Word-ordering exercise, 5 items

  5. Dialogue10 min

    Dialogue: Debating the Limits of Speech

    Role-play: You are participating in a panel debate on where the legal limits of free expression should lie. (4 lines)

  6. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: Take the floor

    6 discussion questions

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Target vocabulary

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censorshiphate speechmisinformationmoderationdiscourseincitement

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