Churchill's Words: How Speeches Held a Country Together

All levels48 minFamous PeopleLesson 5 of 6 · Outline

Aims

In 1940 Britain had very little good news, so its prime minister gave it language instead. Rhetoric, persuasion and the limits of words for B2 students.

The lesson, stage by stage

  1. News10 min

    In the news: The story

    Read a 236-word news story: When a country had nothing to offer but words

  1. Vocabulary8 min

    Vocabulary: Words to know

    7 items

  2. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: The room and the radio

    2 discussion questions

  3. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: How persuasion works

    3 discussion questions

  4. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: Words and results

    3 discussion questions

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Target vocabulary

In a Tuton account these words become your student's vocabulary deck, so they come back in practice between lessons.

rhetoricbluntcrediblewirelessmoralerallyspin

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