Description: Prepare an argument; speak in a debate; and write an opinion about innovation.
[wptabsy shortcode_id=”685″ alignment=”left” shadow=”1″ active=”#ffffff,#1e73be,#CECECE” inactive=”#111111,#fcfcfc,#CECECE” tabcontent=”#111111,#ffffff,#CECECE” shadow=”1″][tab icon=”fa-check-square-o”]Teacher Guidelines[/tab][tab icon=”fa-thumbs-o-up”]Can-Do\’s[/tab][tabcontent]Title of LO: The Future of Innovation
Level: B1->B2
Target audience: all college level students
General goals/objectives: speaking and writing
Specific goals/objectives:
- Preparing an argument
- Speaking in a debate
- Writing your opinion
Materials needed for activity: (check the following)
X internet access X projector _ speakers _ printout X BYOD (Bring Your Own Device – smartphone, tablet)
_ other: ______________________
Time: 45 + 30 minutes
Overview: Class holds a debate based on readings about innovation
Activity 1 – Debate: Has the innovation cup run dry?
Divide the class in half and each group prepares their side of the debate (Agree/ disagree) with arguments to support their claim, based on the readings, and using the vocabulary of innovation and language of debate
Activity 2: Writing to the Forum
Write 1 -3 grammatically-correct sentence(s) on the forum:In your opinion, has the innovation cup run dry?
Review the sentences as a class and consider – capital letters, punctuation, subject-verb agreement
Related LOs
- Has the innovation cup run dry?
- Start-up Nation interview
- Surfing Toward the Future
[/tabcontent][tabcontent]
| Production/ Speaking | Sustained monologue presenting a case (e.g., in a debate) | Can develop a clear argument, expanding and supporting his/her points of view at some length with subsidiary points and relevant examples (B1+) |
| Production/Writing | Overall written production | Can write straightforward connected texts on a range of familiar topics within his/her field of interest and/or expertise by linking a series of shorter discrete elements into a linear sequence (adapted B1) |
| Reports and essays | Can summarize, report and give his/her opinion about accumulated factual information on familiar routine and non-routine matters within his/her field with some confidence (B1+) |
[/tabcontent][/wptabsy]
