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• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo k, g, t, mavo, havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 3,4

Welcome to English

Table of contents

Goals

Discussions

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Goals

After today you can hold a discussion with your classmate about various subjects

Discussion 

Give everyone a chance to express their ideas on the topic

Find ideas that everyone can agree on or explain why you disagree with someone's view, but respectfully!

Come to a conclusion or make a decision, or give a summary of your findings

Please focus on talking in English and to keep on talking for the entire time that is given on the board!

If you could be a historical figure, who would you be? Why?

If you were an animal in the wild, what would you be? Why?

Would you rather have a rewind button or a pause button in your life?

What are three things you want to do before you turn 35?

If you could travel anywhere in our solar system, where would you go?

Are you a morning or an evening person? Is one of these two better? Why?

What are some superstitions that you know from other countries? Do you believe in them?

Is it better to be a boss or employee? Why?

Now some more serious discussion topics, you will have to change your vocabulary

Are you a fan of minimalism? Why or why not?

Would you ever become a vegetarian? Why or why not?

Do you think that parents are overprotective nowadays? Why or why not?

What bad habit would you like to break?

Do you believe that humanity is getting weaker as the result of improved medicines and technology reducing natural selection?

Could we survive without electricity and modern medicine?

Would people in a country like the Netherlands (including you) be able to live without the internet ever again?

What did you find out?