Part 4: Going Deeper

B2 · Upper-intermediate1 hr 3 minCambridge ExamsLesson 5 of 5 · Outline

Aims

Abstract questions, hedged opinions you can actually defend, and staying fluent when the examiner keeps asking why — finishing with a mock mini-test

The lesson, stage by stage

  1. Warm up5 min

    Warm-up: Today's Goal: Hold an Opinion Under Follow-Up Questions

    4 warm-up questions

  1. Reading10 min

    Reading: When the Questions Stop Being About You

    Read a 482-word text about When the Questions Stop Being About You

  2. Vocabulary8 min

    Vocabulary: Careful Opinions

    10 items

  3. Framework6 min

    Framework: Say It, Back It, Bend It

    Position – Because – Instance – Qualify, 4 steps

  4. Practice7 min

    Practice: Saying Probably

    Gap-fill exercise, 8 items

  5. Practice7 min

    Practice: What Is the Examiner Really Asking?

    Matching exercise, 7 items

  6. Dialogue10 min

    Dialogue: Mock Mini-Test: Part 4

    Role-play: The final four minutes. The interlocutor asks broader questions arising from the Part 3 topic of how towns can make life better for young people. (4 lines)

  7. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: Let's Discuss

    5 discussion questions

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Target vocabulary

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to hedgebroadly speakingto generalisearguablyto concedeunderlyingto draw a distinctionto overstatea trade-offtentative

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