Lessons & activities for teaching discussions

Cool Jobs - A Debate Roleplay Lesson Plan for ESL teachers
This is a debate lesson for large classes, keeping
everyone involved

Prepare for Discussion: Activities for intermediate ESL studentsaround the themes of health, the environment etc. (includescrosswords, vocab exercises...)

Speaking skills lesson plans: Censored:students role play a discussion about censorship on a television talk show.

ESL discussion lessons for Suggestions (good/bad)
Approve / Disapprove Arguing For and Against
Separating Garbage

Lesson Plan: Men and Women - Equal at Last?

Debate Lesson Plan-This activity is set in the context of a meeting, in which the participants (the whole class) are discussing the proposed development of a new shopping centre where they live.

Negotiation Tactics (see lesson 2) intermediate

Which school do we choose from?lesson plan

Moonstruck! Does The Full Moon Control Behavior?
(great topic!)

Multinationals - Help or Hindrance?
Full debate lesson

Euthanasia Good or Bad?

First World Debate Lesson


Speaking activities for debates, discussions and giving opinions

4 corner debate lesson (PDF)

ESL lesson plan for debates & discussions
including common expressions

Controlled  elementary  opinion giving ESL discusion activity using determiners/quantifiers.

Controlled pre-intermediate-intermediate speaking activity for transitional debate expressions

Speaking activities including mini-debate and
controversial statements

Two Minute Debates: In this activity, the teacher sets a topic and students debate it in pairs.

Mini-debate: Choose an issue: Here's a simple idea to spark free conversation among adults reluctant to talk.

Finish the sentence

Yes but dialogue game

More ideas for debates

There are 2 sides to every story


Discussion Lessons

Being a celebrity/being famous discussion worksheeet with vocabulary & pictures (PDF)

Talking about Fashion, trends and hobbies (PDF)

General discussion statements for advanced
ESL class (PDF)

Corruption discussion lesson with questions

"In my educated opinion" discussion worksheet
-for advanced students (PDF)

Various opinion matching  exercises-worksheet
with answers (PDF)

"What people do for fashion" discussion worksheet
(PDF)

Opinion statements about relationships, mobile
phones, advertising etc.

Culture shock lesson plan with discussion worksheet
(PDF)

Agree/disagree exercise for fashion & shopping
statements (PDF)

Questions for discussing opinions about
advertising (PDF)

Language learning discussion questions

More Language learning discussion questions (PDF)

Rank statements about what motivates you at
work (PDF)

Discussion statements about work (PDF)

Agree/disagree group activity for younger
students (PDF)

Rights and wants worksheet (PDF)

Discussion questions for e-business (PDF)

Ranking global problems discussion (PDF)

Rank the following list for their contribution to society

Tolerance discussion statements (PDF)

Environmental issues discussion statements (PDF)

Satisfaction with life statements (PDF)

Discussion statements about voting (PDF see page 9)

Quotes for discussions (PDF)

Advantages and  Disadvantages

Advantages and disadvantages of various
sources of energy (PDF)

Advantages and disadvantages of  online
learning (PDF)
Personalized opinion giving exercises

Expressing likes and dislikes worksheet (Word)

Discussion cues: Giving opinions with feeling

Giving Opinons: A fun worksheet focusing on giving opinons, using adjectives with –ed and –ing.

Idioms - Personal Feelings and Opinions #2

Vocabulary and language for
discussions

Language for giving opinions (PDF)

General conversation gambits (PDF)