Activity 3: Describing Feelings and Opinions: Instructions Resources Task
Activity 3: Describing Feelings and Opinions: Instructions Resources Task
Activity 3: Describing Feelings and Opinions: Instructions Resources Task
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Activity 3: Describing feelings and opinions
Task:
3. For this activity, put your friends in pair, and involve 3 (a)
them in a group discussion on a similar topic
familiar to them. Resource 3a has a set of issues
you might like to use with different groups. 3 (b)
4. To help the critical friends properly articulate their
feelings, you can distribute Resource 3b, which
contains common expressions (and a vocabulary
guide) for expressing opinions.
1. School children should not be allowed to watch TV, m aking them lazy and
inattentive towards their studies.
2. Girls are more serious students than boys.
3. Parents should listen to their children’s views rather than just forcing children to
listen to them.
4. School should be over by noon so that children have time to take an afternoon nap
and play until evening.
5. Keeping the streets clean is not our business; there are officers to take care of
that.
6. Girls should help with housework as they need to learn how to be good
housekeepers after getting married.
7. Examinations should be abolished. Everyone should be allowed to get into the
next grade.
8. Reading and writing in English is more important than listening and speaking in
English.
Resource 3b: Guide to expressing opinions: Sharing, agreeing and disagreeing (worksheet)
1. I feel that
2. In my opinion
3. I think
4. I’d like to share my feelings on this
5. What I think is
6. If you want my opinion, I’d say
7. I agree with what you said about
8. I’m afraid I have a different opinion about this
9. I’m glad we feel the same about this
10. I’m sorry, but I disagree with you here