Speed Discussions

1. On a scale of 0 (totally disagree) to 5 (totally agree) what’s your opinion about the sentences below?
2. Discuss each sentence with a different person. Write down their opinion about it before you start.
3. What was the result of each discussion? Has anybody changed their mind about the topic?

nr TOPIC YOUR OPINION PARTNER’S PARTNER’S RESULT

(0-5) NAME OPINION (agree /
(0-5) disagree)
1 Giving money to beggars is pointless.

2 University education should be free of

charge.
3 Downloading films, music, and computer
software from the Internet is not really a
crime.
4 Housewives should receive salaries from the
state.
5 Children should be taught computer
programming from the age of 6.
6 People who have emigrated from their
countries should not have the right to vote in
elections taking place in their country of
origin.