{"id":4292,"date":"2018-07-24T22:59:42","date_gmt":"2018-07-24T22:59:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.morethanenglish.co.uk\/?p=4292"},"modified":"2018-07-24T22:59:42","modified_gmt":"2018-07-24T22:59:42","slug":"day-17-tuesday-24-july","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/affectionate-pasteur.212-227-183-170.plesk.page\/?p=4292","title":{"rendered":"Day 17 – Tuesday 24 July"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today…!<\/h1>\n

“What have you been doing in class this morning?”<\/em><\/h6>\n

In the Core English break at 1100 our roving reporter asked students:<\/p>\n

“What have you been doing in class this morning?”<\/p>\n

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Serious Debate @ The Opinion Parliament<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Opinion Parliament<\/h2>\n

Can you think on your feet? Can you give an opinion on a subject you’ve never thought about before ? Can you defend an opinion which is the opposite of yours?<\/p>\n

You’ll need to work on all these skills to win the argument in the Opinion Parliament.<\/p>\n

Rares, C2 student from Romania explains what happens in the Opinion Parliament<\/p>\n

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Debating the big issues<\/h1>\n

“What have you been doing in class this morning?”<\/p>\n

Paulina B2 from Poland and Amy B2 from China give us a summary of their debate about capital punishment (the death penalty).<\/p>\n

What is really impressive is how they are listening to, responding to and respecting each other’s views.<\/p>\n

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Negotiation skills<\/h1>\n

In Jai’s class B2 students discussed different negotiating strategies including:<\/p>\n