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

Opinion giving lesson plan (PDF)

Guide to debates and discussions for ESL ;
including common expressions

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

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

Nine speaking, discussion and giving opinion
exercises (PDF) incl. chat show, we believe,
how to spend 100 pounds, putting a point of view

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. After two minutes, the teacher sets a new topic.

Mini-debate: Choose an issue: Here's a simple idea to spark free conversation among adults reluctant to talk. Choose an issue for which there are two clear sides.

Finish the sentence

Yes but dialogue game

More ideas for debates

There are 2 sides to every story


Fact vs Opinion

Is it what I think or what I know?

Pic brainstorm lesson including fact or opinion
exercise

Newspaper objective/subjective

Ranking Activities for Discussion
Lessons

Ranking global problems discussion (PDF)

Ranking activity for students to discuss different ways that tourism can bring benefits to a ‘host community’.

Survivor on Mars Ranking Activity (PDF)

Rank the following list for their contribution to society



Topics

Topical International businessEnglish discussion/debatetopics (advanced)

Debate Topics
Need ideas-this site has hundreds of topics


Personalized opinion giving exercises

Discussion cues: Giving opinions with feeling

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

Giving opinions about personal problems (PDF)

Idioms - Personal Feelings and Opinions #2

Expressing likes and dislikes worksheet (Word)