English Conversation Club

LOW INTERMEDIATE, INTERMEDIATE AND ADVANCED

WEEK 4 OCTOBER
Prepare your session by reading, listening and looking up words related to the topic.

TUESDAY
UNBEARABLE THINGS
In this session you'll try to find a reason why people do some things
in a particular way that seem to be politically incorrect.

I can't bear that women don't get 100% of their salaries during their maternity
leave. Still, I think they can't pay a complete salary because they have to pay
another person to do their work. Plus, they are doing nothing for their company
during that period of time.

WEDNESDAY
LEARNING
Watch the video 8-year-old E. Palestine boy drives little sister to McDonald’s
and discuss:

What do you need these days to learn something?

What is your opinion about letting kids learn or access the information on
the Internet?
If it's easy to learn rules, why do you think people don't follow them?

Taken from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bE2idwa4uY0&ab_channel=WKBN27

THURSDAY
PRESSURE
Watch the video The Truth About Simone Biles' Olympic Exit and use the
following prompt to talk:

What do you think about the quotation "Pressure is a privilege"?

Do you think Simon Biles did right when she quitted?
What would you have done if you had been through that situation?

Taken from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FImPHZYNoRA&ab_channel=Glamour

 English Conversation Club
LOW INTERMEDIATE, INTERMEDIATE AND ADVANCED

WEEK 4 OCTOBER

FRIDAY
RANDOM QUESTIONS
Find random questions and follow up the conversation. Here are some
ideas:

What's the story behind one of your scars?

Who is your favorite teacher and why?
What's an unpopular opinion you have?

Taken from: https://www.conversationstarters.com/generator.php

 English Conversation Club
LOW INTERMEDIATE, INTERMEDIATE AND ADVANCED

WEEK 4 OCTOBER
TUESDAY
UNBEARABLE THINGS
What behaviors or situation can't you stand? Why is that?
How do you feel about the belief that this new generations don't tolerate anything that
comes from organizations, governments or institutions? Is that true?
What is your opinion about cyclists in your city?
Do you ever do something that bothers people and they find intolerable? What is that?

WEDNESDAY
LEARNING
What is something you can't learn? E.g. You can't learn to be tall
What is the reason you can't learn that?
What are the easiest and hardest things to learn?
If a person is a genius or almost one, is that that they learnt or were they born with an
inherent talent?

THURSDAY
PRESSURE
What makes you feel pressured and how do you usually deal with that?
What are people's day-to-day common pressures? Is that the same in other countries?
How can pressure affect one's health?
Talking about work and education, how much of a person's stress is caused by other
people or the system itself?

FRIDAY
RANDOM QUESTIONS
According to student's questions.