For homework, please prepare a debate question related to one of the two fields (topic areas, e.g. education, nutrition/health care, etc.) you and your partner are seriously considering for the exam. Make sure to use a variety of English-language resources in researching the question in advance.You will do this debate in class next week.
You and your partner should start formulating which debate question you would like to do for the prepared debate and which area you would like for the spontaneous debate. Send me this information via email when you're ready.
For your optional essay, you can write a response to any Guardian 5-minute debate or any question from a topic area you are seriously considering for the exam.
FYI: The spoken exam will be 20 minutes in length. For the 5-minute prepared debate, you cannot bring in notes and will need to launch immediately into the discussion. You can, however, take notes as your partner is speaking if you'd like. You get to decide what the question of the prepared debate is in advance (send me this question via email at least one week in advance of the exam). For the spontaneous debate, you will have 5 minutes in the exam room to prepare your respective side and can use these notes in the 5-minute debate. You get to decide the topic area (e.g. environment, economy/business, etc.) in advance but the specific question will be given to you in the exam. This general topic area cannot be the same as that of the prepared debate and also needs to be sent to me via email also at least one week in advance of your exam date. Please don't hesitate to ask me (both in class or via email) if you are unsure of anything.
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