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Talking About Crime British English Teacher
Talking About Crime British English Teacher
1. Display a question.
2. Think about the answer.
3. Display the answer.
4. Give yourself an honest grade.
5. Continue your review.
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Crime and the law
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2 Conversation questions
Discuss any of the questions below.
1. Are some parts of your city considered more dangerous than others? Which parts?
2. Are there problems with crime where you live?
3. Do you believe that the death penalty would prevent crime? Why/why not?
4. Have you ever been the victim of a crime? What happened? Has someone you know been the victim
of a mugging?
5. Are there any legal drugs that should be illegal? If so, why?
6. Are there any illegal drugs that should be legal? If so, why?
7. Do you think there will be more or less crime in the future?
8. Do you think your country is a safe place to live? Why/why not?
9. Does prison help rehabilitate criminals? Should it?
10. Have you ever witnessed a crime?
11. Should a person who steals always be punished?
12. Is drunk driving a serious crime where you live? What is the punishment?
13. Is it ever O.K. to break the law? If so, when?
14. Do you think the legal system in your country is fair?
15. Do you think guns help prevent crime?
16. What are some things that are legal that you personally think should be illegal?
17. Has the crime rate in your country increased or decreased in recent years? Why/why not?
18. What crimes have you heard about recently in the news?
19. What kinds of crime are most common in your country? What are the penalties for these crimes?
20. Why do people commit crimes?
21. Do you the death penalty is a good idea?
22. What are the causes of terrorism?
23. Is terrorism a problem in your country?
24. Is there a lot of corruption in your country?
25. How big a problem is organised crime in your country?
26. Have you ever been to a court of law? Talk about your experience.
27. Do you think trial by jury is a good idea?
28. Describe the legal system in your country.
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Crime and the law - Key
A A A A SPEAKING
Hand out page 1 of this worksheet. If you are teaching online, you can use an online service such as
http://www.ilovepdf.com to split this pdf into individual pages. Tell the student(s) that in the next lesson you are
going to talk about crime and the law. Ask them to prepare for the lesson by reviewing the vocabulary on the page,
which they might need to use. Encourage them, if possible, to use Expemo, Linguahouse's online memorization
platform which uses spaced repetition algorithms to minimize the time needed to learn new words by heart. Basic
instructions for students are included on page 1 of this worksheet.
2- Conversation questions
Select and ask the student(s) questions from the list and stimulate a discussion. Encourage use of the vocabulary
that the student(s) reviewed before the lesson. During the discussion, correct mistakes by paraphrasing the
students in natural English and provide the additional vocabulary that they need in order to express their ideas and
opinions.
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