A Difficult Decision

B1 · Intermediate57 minIELTS Test PreparationLesson 7 of 8 · Outline

Aims

Goal: handle the hard decision cue card — a real dilemma told with the STAR structure for the full two minutes, then survive the follow-up question.

The lesson, stage by stage

  1. Warm up5 min

    Warm-up: Round two: the difficult decision

    2 warm-up questions

  1. Reading10 min

    Reading: The dilemma, STAR-style — and the follow-up

    Read a 362-word text about The dilemma, STAR-style — and the follow-up

  2. Vocabulary8 min

    Vocabulary: Advanced Decision Language

    6 items

  3. Practice7 min

    Practice: Fix the Decision Sentences

    Error-correction exercise, 5 items

  4. Practice7 min

    Practice: Decision Narrative Language

    Gap-fill exercise, 5 items

  5. Dialogue10 min

    Dialogue: Part 2 Decision Practice with Follow-Ups

    Role-play: Practice a full Part 2 response about a decision, including follow-up questions (4 lines)

  6. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: Your dilemma — plus the follow-up

    3 discussion questions

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Target vocabulary

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