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Group Discussions
for Advanced ESL Students
By Paul J. Hamel
GROUP
DISCUSSIONS
For Advanced Students
By Paul J. Hamel
The activities in this e-book have been developed to supplement English-as-a-

Second-Language textbooks and curriculum -- not to replace them. They are
meant to enhance and bring variety to an already-existing English language
teaching program. These activities are designed for advanced ESL students who
may need additional practice in speaking. Each worksheet is accompanied by a
detailed step-by-step lesson plan and suggested teaching techniques to assist the
instructor in providing an interesting and successful lesson. The lessons can also
provide a useful resource for substitute teachers and tutors. The e-book opens in
a PDF and there is no need to print out the whole book. Lessons can be printed
out as needed.
Copyright © 2012 by Paul J. Hamel
All rights reserved
No part of this publication may be stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by
any means electronically, mechanical, recording, or otherwise without the prior permission of
the copyright owner.
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or contact Paul J. Hamel at “paul.hamel@ymail.com.”
A special thanks to Mike Breyer for his website knowledge and to Donald Leach for proof
reading.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Group Discussions for Advanced Students
TITLE ITEM # PAGE
Introduction 2-4
1. Getting-to-Know-You Questions 0148 5-8
This activity contains detailed teacher’s notes, 24 question cards,
and a handout listing all the questions. This is a great activity
for the first day of class. The activity was designed to provide
advanced students with the opportunity to share personal
information with classmates.
2. How much do you know about ...? 0149 9-13
This activity contains detailed teacher’s notes and 48 topic cards.
The activity was designed to provide advanced students with the
opportunity to share general information with classmates
3. Current and Future Trends 0150 14-17
This activity contains detailed teacher’s notes and 48 topic cards,
and a handout listing some current and future trends. This activity
is designed to provide advanced students with the opportunity
to share their opinions with classmates.
4. Trivia Game 0151 18-27
This activity contains detailed teacher’s notes, 60 trivia question
cards, and a handout containing a list of the trivia questions.
The activity is designed to provide a fun group activity and
encourage group interaction and discussion.
5. Controversial Topics 1 (Law, Education, Government, 0152 28-31
Environment, Business)
This activity contains detailed teacher’s notes, 24 question
cards, and a handout listing all the questions. Controversial
Topics 2 deal with topics concerning law, education, government,
environment, and business. This activity is designed to provide
advanced students with the opportunity to discuss current
controversial topics and let students share their opinions and
views with their classmates
6. Controversial Topics 2 (Culture, Family, Health, Beliefs, Ethics) 0153 32-35
This activity contains detailed teacher’s notes, 24 question cards,
and a handout listing all the questions. Controversial Topics 2 deals
with culture, family, health, beliefs, and ethics. This activity is designed
to provide advanced students with the opportunity to discuss current
controversial topics and let students share their opinions and
views with their classmates
7. Current Business Related Topics 0154 36-39
cards, and a handout listing all the questions. The activity is
designed to provide advanced students with the opportunity to
discuss current business topics.
8. Common Job Interview Questions 0155 40-44
cards, and a handout listing all the questions. This activity is
designed to provide advanced students with the opportunity
to discuss a variety of answers to common job interview questions
and let students share personal experiences with classmates.
9. Real News Tidbits 1 0156 45-47
This activity contains detailed teacher’s notes and two handouts.
The activity is designed to provide advanced students with the
opportunity to discuss current general news topics and let the
students share opinions and views with their classmates.
INTRODUCTION
These activities have been designed for advanced ESL students. No matter how good or complete the content
of your textbook or curriculum may be, there will always be a need to fill in the gaps in knowledge and skills
your students were assumed to have learned.
These activities have been designed to
• encourage group interaction and discussion
• increase individual student’s speaking time during class
• expand students’ use of new vocabulary and expressions
• review and understand already-taught materials in a new way
• keep their minds active and engaged
• learn new words and phrases in context
• make inferences, evaluate choices, and draw conclusions
• refresh and help retain grammar points and vocabulary they have already been exposed to
Making the Flash Cards
• Some of the activities will require you to make double-sided photocopies. This may take a little effort, but
once you have the cards, you will have a popular group activity that will last you many years. Card stock is
recommended, but regular paper is fine.
• When photocopying, place the sheets containing the questions followed by the sheets containing the
answers. For example, Sheet 1A should be followed by the Sheet 1B, etc After you have made the two-sided
photocopies, cut the sheets along the dotted line to form cards. Place them in a small envelope for easy
access and store them for future use.
Paul J. Hamel, January, 2012
eslworksheetsandlessonplans.com
Group Discussion Activities for Advanced ESL Students
getting-to-know-you questions
From the author
This activity is meant for advanced ESL students. How do

you
This activity contains detailed teacher’s notes, 24 question How do you deal wit
h Have you ev
er
cards, and a handout listing all the questions. This is a great get around differen
t been m ar rie d?
activity for the first day of class. the city/town? cultures
? Explain.
The activity is designed to
• provide advanced students with the opportunity to share
What surpri Who can
Paul Hamel has been personal information with classmates sed you
teaching ESL for over you the mo
st What is your talk to if y
ou
y need pers
40 years and is currently • encourage group interaction and discussion about this ci
ty? favorite hobb onal
teaching at the American
or pa ss tim e? advice?
Language Center at UCLA
Extension in Los Angeles.
Teacher’s Notes
1 Print out and photocopy the two sheets of question cards.
2 Cut the sheets into cards and place them into envelopes. (For large classes, you may want to make
several sets.)
3 Divide the class into groups of three or four.
4 Place an envelope in front of each group. (Do not let the students open the envelope to see the topics
ahead of time.)
5 Tell the students to take turns selecting one card from the envelope.
6 Tell them to read their question aloud and lead their group in discussing the question on the card. If
a group does not feel comfortable discussing a topic, encourage them to choose another topic. (Each
student should lead at least one discussion.)
7 Walk around the classroom and join each group for a few minutes and correct the students
pronunciation and grammar. (Do not hover over a group, sit down at eye-level.)
8 If groups run out of question cards, have them exchange cards with another group and continue the
activity.
9 During the last twenty minutes of the activity, ask volunteers from each group to share which questions
their group discussed. (Place important vocabulary and expressions on the board.)
10 At the end of the activity collect the cards and store them in the envelopes for future use.
11 Distribute the handout containing the complete list of questions.
eslworksheetsandlessonplans.com © Paul J. Hamel 2012 • Lesson 0148

Sheet 1 Cut the cards along the dotted line to make cards.
What’s the What’s the Are you

best way to satisfied with
best way to get
get internet your cell phone
money from
connection at company? Why
home? your country? or why not?
What’s the How often

cheapest What surprised
should you be
way to call you the most
in contact with
your family about this city?
your family
overseas? abroad?
How different What do you How have your

is your living like/dislike eating habits
condition here about your changed since
from where you current living you’ve been
used to live? conditions? here?
How easy/ Who can you How will your

hard has it talk to if you experience
been making need personal here help
friends here? advice? shape your
future?
Sheet 2 Cut the cards along the dotted line to make cards.
How informed
How can you How do you are you
improve your deal with about what’s
quality of life the different happening in
here? cultures? the world?
What is your What is/was

Where have your favorite
favorite hobby you traveled subject at
or pass time? in the world? school?
Tell us
Have you ever How do you
something that
been married? get around most people
Explain. the city/town? don’t know
about yourself.
What is the What do you What’s the

weirdest thing think you’ll be longest period
that has ever of time you’ve
doing ten years
happened to been away from
you? from now?
home?
getting-to-know-you questions
1. Are you satisfied with your cell phone company? Why or why not?
2. Have you ever been married? Explain.
3. How can you improve your quality of life here?
4. How different is your living condition here from where you used to live?
5. How do get around the city/town?
6. How do you deal with different cultures?
7. How easy/hard has it been making friends here?
8. How have your eating habits changed since you’ve been here?
9. How informed are you about what’s happening in the world?
10. How often should you be in contact with your family abroad?
11. How will your experience here help shape your future?
12. Tell us something that most people don’t know about yourself.
13. What do you like/dislike about your current living conditions?
14. What do you think you’ll be doing ten years from now?
15. What is the weirdest thing that has ever happened to you?
16. What is your favorite hobby or pass time?
17. What is/was your favorite subject at school?
18. What surprised you most about this city?
19. What’s the best way to get internet connection at home?
20. What’s the best way to get money from your country?
21. What’s the cheapest way to call your family overseas?
22. What’s the longest period of time you’ve been away from home?
23. Where have you traveled in the world?
24. Who can you talk to if you need personal advice?

HOW MUCH DO YOU KNOW ABOUT ...?

From the author
How mu
This activity is meant for advanced ESL students. How much do you kno h do
c How much
This activity contains detailed teacher’s notes and 48 topic you know ab ou t w abou
your an t do you know
cards. this school? cestors
? about cars?
• provide advanced students with the opportunity to share
general information with their classmates
• encourage group interaction and discussions How much
do How muc
• increase individual student’s speaking time during class you know a
bout How much do you know
h do
out
• expand students’ use of new vocabulary and expressions fashion and you know ab this city/to
about
style? getti ng a jo b? wn?
Paul Hamel has been teaching ESL for over 40 years and is currently teaching
at the American Language Center at UCLA Extension in Los Angeles.
Teacher’s Notes
1 Print out and photocopy the four sheets of topic cards.
2 Cut the sheets into cards and place them into envelopes. (For large classes, you may want to make several sets.)

4 Place an envelope in front of each group. Do not let the students open the envelope to see the topics ahead of time.
6 Tell them to read their question aloud and lead their group in discussing the topic on the card for about five minutes.
(If the students are uncomfortable with a specific topic, encourage them to choose another card.)
7 Each student should lead at least one discussion.
8 Walk around the classroom and join each group for a few minutes and correct the students pronunciation and grammar.
(Do not hover over a group, sit down at eye-level.)
9 If groups finish discussing their topics, have them exchange cards with another group and continue the activity.
10 During the last twenty minutes of the activity, ask volunteers from each group to share what their group discussed. Place
important vocabulary and expressions on the board.
12 Continue this activity at a future time using different sets of cards for different groups.
Discussion Topics
1. AIDS 11. clean energy 21. greed 31. local taboos 40. space exploration
2. American football 12. climate change 22. guns 32. local transportation 41. state/province
3. astrology 13. computers 23. having a pet system 42. the President/Prime
4. babies 14. contraception 24. health 33. love Minister
5. baseball 15. cooking 25. illegal drugs 34. marriage 43. this city/town
6. buying a house 16. fashion and style 26. international news 35. national holidays 44. this country
7. cameras 17. financial planning 27. Internet 36. raising a family 45. this school
8. cancer 18. food safety 28. justice 37. religion 46. war
9. cars 19. getting a job 29. local customs 38. skin care 47. your ancestors
10. cell phones 20. giving 30. local restaurants 39. soccer 48. your career

Sheet 1: Cut along the dotted line to make cards.
How much How much do

How much
do you know you know about
do you know
about healthy international
about guns?
living? news?
How much How much

How much
do you know do you know
do you know
about local about local
about justice?
customs? restaurants?
How much
How much do How much do you know
you know about do you know about raising
marriage? about love? a family?
How much
How much How much do
do you know
do you know you know about
about your
about religion? skin care?
career?
How much How much

How much do
you know about
about American about space
soccer?
football? exploration?
How much
How much
How much do do you know
do you know
you know about about the local
abouat local
the Internet? transportation
taboos?
system?
How much do
How much do How much do
you know about
you know about you know about
the President/
this city/town? this school?
Prime Minister?
How much
How much do How much
do you know
you know about do you know
about this state/
this country? about war?
province?
How much
How much do How much do
do you know
you know about you know about
about national
AIDS? your ancestors?
holidays?
How much do How much How much

you know about do you know do you know
astrology? about babies? about baseball?
How much
How much How much
do you know
about buying
about cameras? about cancer?
a house?
How much How much

How much do you know do you know
do you know about cell about clean
about cars? phones? energy?
How much do How much do How much do

you know about you know about you know about
climate change? computers? contraception?

cooking? having a pet? illegal drugs?
How much How much do How much do

do you know you know about you know about
about financial fashion and food safety?
planning? style?

getting a job? giving? greed?
CURRENT AND FUTURE TRENDS

From the author How ha
ve
Will gold clothing Will the
and d
This activity is meant for advanced ESL students. This activity
continue to fashion de ining tren
cl
tre
contains detailed teacher’s notes and 48 topic cards, and a
increase in change nds in cigare tte
d how
student handout listing some current and future trends. value? people smoking
dress?
This activity is designed to continue?
• advanced students with the opportunity to share their opinions
with their classmates. Do you notic Can you n
e
• encourage group interaction and discussions any politica
e Can you nam any positiv
ame
• increase individual student’s speaking time during class l y cu ltu ra l or e
trends in yo an current cu
• expand students’ use of new vocabulary and expressions country?
ur social trends ltural
or social
u?
Paul Hamel has been teaching ESL for over 40 years and is currently teaching that worry yo trends?
Teacher’s Notes
1 Print out and photocopy the two sheets of cards.
2 Cut the sheets into cards and place them into envelopes. (For large classes, you may want to make several sets.)

4 Place an envelope in front of each group. Do not let the students open the envelope to see the topics ahead of time.
6 Tell them to read their question aloud and lead their group in discussing the topic on the card for about five minutes. (If the
students are uncomfortable with a specific topic, encourage them to choose another card.)
7 Each student should lead at least one discussion.
8 Walk around the classroom and join each group for a few minutes and correct the students’ pronunciation and grammar.
(Do not hover over a group, sit down at eye-level.)
9 If groups finish discussing their topics, have them exchange cards with another group and continue the activity.
10 During the last twenty minutes of the activity, ask volunteers from each group to share what their group discussed. Place
new vocabulary and expressions on the board.
12 Continue this activity by discussing additional topics on the accompanying handout.
Discussion Topics
1. Is there a trend to accept gays more openly in society? 12. Will gold continue to increase in value?
2. Will it be easier or more difficult to get health care in the 13. How have musical trends changed in the past few years?
future? 14. What are some current trends in new car design?
3. Will the declining trend in cigarette smoking continue? 15. Are there any new trends in what kind of food people eat?
4. How have clothing and fashion trends changed how people 16. Are there any new kinds of diet trends?
dress? 17. Are there any new exercise trends?
5. Will the trend for women to have fewer children continue? 18. Will the trend for people to live longer continue?
6. Will the trend to increase food production continue? 19. Will the trend to replace people with robots at work be
7. Is there a serious trend in the development of sustainable positive or negative?
energy? 20. Will the trend for women to work outside the home
8. What future trend do you see in the cost of gas/oil? continue?
9. How have trends in hair styles changed over the years? 21. Do you notice any political trends in your country?
10. What trends in real estate do you expect to see in the near 22. Can you name any cultural or social trends that worry you?
future? 23. Can you name any positive current cultural or social
11. What are some of the latest trends in technology? trends?
24. Do you notice any trends in how people do their shopping?
© Paul J. Hamel 2012 • Lesson 0150
Will it be easier Will the

Is there a trend
or more difficult declining trend
to accept gays
to get health in cigarette
more openly in
care in the smoking
society?
future? continue?
How have Will the trend for Will the trend

clothing and women to have to increase
fashion trends fewer children food production
changed how continue? continue?
people dress?
Is there a What future How have

serious trend in
trend do you trends in hair
the development
see in the cost styles changed
of sustainable
of gas/oil? over the years?
energy?
What trends in
What are Will gold
real estate do
some of the continue to
you expect to
latest trends in increase in
see in the near
technology? value?
future?
Are there any

How have What are
new trends
musical trends some current
in what kind
changed in the trends in new
of food people
past few years? car design?
eat?
Are there any Will the trend

Are there any
new exercise for people to
new kinds of
trends? live longer
diet trends?
continue?
Will the trend to

Will the trend Do you notice
replace people
for women to any political
with robots at
work outside the trends in your
work be positive
home continue? country?
or negative?
Can you name Do you notice

Can you name
any positive any trends in
cultural or social
current cultural how people do
trends that
or social their shopping?
worry you?
trends?
Current and Future Trends
trend: definition - a general direction in which something tends to move
Discuss some of the following trends and their implications for the future.
1. hair styles 26. interior design
2. cigarette smoking 27. internet use
3. renewable energy 28. life expectancy
4. university costs 29. curing diseases
5. use of technology 30. availability of health care
6. cost /standard of living 31. shopping
7. personal liberty/freedom 32. news coverage
8. employment opportunities 33. pace of life
9. entertainment choices 34. parties and celebrations
10. climate change 35. kinds of personal relationships
11. life expectancy 36. political views
12. clothes and fashion 37. population growth
13. food production 38. racial and ethnic harmony
14. social networking 39. real estate prices
15. family size 40. recreational activities
16. gas and energy prices 41. religious beliefs
17. genetic engineering 42. stock market growth
18. global economy 43. acceptance of homosexuality
19. personal security 44. surveillance
20. robots 45. tattoos
21. housing costs 46. terrorism
22. human rights 47. tourism
23. amount of personal privacy 48. modes of transportation
24. income disparity 49. use of marijuana
25. interest rates 50. war

TRIVIA game
From the author What is What year di
d
What money biggest the ph er
hr is to
This activity is meant for advanced ESL students. This activity do they use cou
in the w ntry
C
contains detailed teacher’s notes, 60 trivia question cards, and a in Japan? orld? Columbus go
student handout containing a list of the trivia questions. to America?
• provide advanced ESL students with a fun group activity
• encourage group interaction and discussion What’s the
Who pain
• increase individual student’s speaking time during class capital of Who invented the Mona
ted
e? Lisa?
• expand students’ use of new vocabulary and expressions Brazil? the telephon
• test the students’ general knowledge
Paul Hamel has been teaching ESL for over 40 years and is currently teaching
Teacher’s Notes
Making the Flash Cards
• This activity will require you to make double-sided photocopies. This may take a little effort, but once
you have the cards, you will have a popular group activity that will last you many years. Card stock is
recommended, but regular paper is fine.
• When photocopying, place the sheets containing the trivia questions followed by the sheets containing the
answers. For example, Sheet 1A should be followed by the Sheet 1B, etc. There are four different sets of
sheets of cards for a total of 60 cards.
• Divide the 60 trivia cards into three or four piles. (For large classes you may want to make additional sets
of cards.)
• After you have made the two-sided photocopies, cut the sheets along the dotted line to form cards. Place
them in a small envelope for easy access and future storage.
Lesson Plan
2 Place an envelope in front of each group. Do not let the students open the envelope to see the
questions ahead of time.
3 Have each group select a score keeper.
4 Tell the students to take turns selecting one trivia question at a time from the envelope.
5 Direct them to read their question aloud and discuss possible answers to the trivia question.
6 The first person to answer the question correctly gets one point.
7 If groups run out of cards, have groups exchange cards and continue the activity.
8 At the end of the activity have the score keepers report their group’s winner.
9 Give the winners a round of applause.
11 Continue this activity at a future time by having different groups use different sets of cards.
12 Distribute a copy of the handout containing a list of all the trivia questions. (If you continue the activity at
a future time, you may not want to distribute the handout right away.)
Sheet 1a Trivia Game Questions
Photocopy sheets “1a” and “1b” back to back and cut along the dotted lines to make cards.
How long How many lanes

How many does an olympic
is a round colors are there
in boxing? swimming pool
in a rainbow? have?
How many In what

How many legs language does
players are
does a spider “obrigado” mean
there on a
have? “thank you”?
volleyball team?
What are the What are the

In which city first three words five colors of the
is Hollywood? of the bible? Olympic rings?
What do you What

What colors use to take a horoscope
make purple? cork out of a sign has
bottle? a crab?
What is the What is the What country

capital of first letter on has the largest
Australia? a keyboard? population?
Sheet 1b Trivia Game Questions
8 7 3 minutes
Portuguese 6 8
red, yellow, In the Los

green, blue, beginning ... Angeles
and black
red and
Cancer a corkscrew blue
China
(1,300,000,000) Q Canberra
What money What’s the What year did

do they use biggest country Christopher
in Japan? in the world? Columbus go
to America?
What’s the What’s the What’s the

capital capital of world’s longest
of Brazil? Ecuador? river?
What’s the On what What’s the

capital of continent is capital of
Finland? Cameroon? Kenya?
What’s the What’s the

What’s the highest highest
hardest rock? mountain mountain
in Africa? in the world?
What’s the What’s the most What’s the name

largest city important book of the famous
in India? in the Muslim big clock in
religion? London?
1492 Russia yen
Nile River
4,160 miles/ Quito Brasilia
6,695 kilometers
Nairobi Africa Helsinki
Everest Kilimanjaro diamond
Big Ben Koran Bombay

What’s the What’s the When did the

real name smallest country first man go
of Siddartha in the world? into space?
Gautama?
When did the When did the Where does

First World Second World the American
War start? War end? president live?
Where is the Which fast food

Where was
smallest bone restaurants were
Christopher
in the body? established
Columbus born?
by Ray Kroc?
Which is the Which is the

Which is the
most spoken only mammal
largest ocean?
language? that can’t jump?
Which is Which planet Which river

the smallest is nearest goes through
ocean? the sun? London?
1961 Vatican Buddha

City
The White
1945 1914
House
McDonalds Genoa, ear

Italy
elephant Chinese Pacific
Thames Mercury Artic

What state is What does Who is Mickey

known as the “D.C.” mean in Mouse’s
“Golden State?” Washington D.C.? girlfriend?
Who gave his Who invented Who invented

name to the the electric the telephone?
month of July? light bulb?
Who said
Who painted Who said “I think,
the Mona Lisa? E=mc2? therefore
I am?”
Who said, “Vini, Who was the

Who starts
vidi, vici”? first man
first in chess?
in space?
Who was the Who was the

What’s the
first man on first president
biggest city
the moon? of the United
in the USA?
States?
District of
Minnie Columbia California
Mouse
Alexander Thomas Julius

Graham Edison Caesar
Bell
Albert
Descartes Da Vinci
Einstein
Gagarin white Julius

Caesar
George Neil
New York Washington Armstrong
Trivia Game Questions and Answers
1. How long is a round in boxing? (3 minutes) 32. What’s the smallest country in the world?
2. How many colors are there in a rainbow? (7) (Vatican City)
3. How many lanes does an olympic swimming pool 33. When did the first man go into space? (1961)
have? (8) 34. When did the First World War start? (1914)
4. How many legs does a spider have? (8) 35. When did the Second World War end? (1945)
5. How many players are there on a volleyball team? (6) 36. Where does the American president live? (The
6. In what language does “obrigado” mean “thank White House)
you”? (Portuguese) 37. Where is the smallest bone in the body? (ear)
7. In which city is Hollywood? (Los Angeles) 38. Where was Christopher Columbus born?
8. What are the first three words of the bible? (In the (Genoa, Italy)
beginning...) 39. Which fast food restaurants were established by
9. What are the five colors of the Olympic rings? Ray Kroc? (McDonalds)
(red, yellow, green, blue, and black) 40. Which is the largest ocean? (Pacific)
10. What colors make purple? (red and blue) 41. Which is the most spoken language? (Chinese)
11. What do you use to take a cork out of a bottle? 42. Which is the only mammal that can’t jump?
(a corkscrew) (elephant)
12. What horoscope sign has a crab? (cancer) 43. Which is the smallest ocean? (Artic)
13. What is the capital of Australia? (Canberra) 44. Which planet is nearest the sun? (Mercury)
14. What is the first letter on a keyboard? (Q) 45. Which river goes through London? (Thames)
15. What country has the largest population? 46. What state is known as the “Golden State?”
(China) (California)
16. What money do they use in Japan? (yen) 47. What does “D.C.” mean in Washington, D.C.?
17. What’s the biggest country in the world? (District of Columbia)
(Russia) 48. Who gave his name to the month of July? (Julius
18. What year did Christopher Columbus go to Caesar)
America? (1492) 49. Who invented the electric light bulb? (Thomas
19. What’s the capital of Brazil? (Brasilia) Edison)
20. What’s the capital of Finland? (Helsinki) 50. Who invented the telephone? (Bell)
21. What’s the capital of Ecuador? (Quito) 51. Who painted the Mona Lisa? (Da Vinci)
22. What’s the world’s longest river? (Nile) 52. Who said E=mc2 (Einstein)
23. On what continent is Cameroon? (Africa) 53. Who said, “I think, therefore I am”? (Descartes)
24. What’s the capital of Kenya? (Nairobi? 54. Who said, “Vini, vidi, vici”? (Caesar)
25. What’s the hardest rock? (diamond) 55. Who starts first in chess? (white)
26. What’s the highest mountain in Africa? 56. Who was the first man in space? (Gagarin)
(Kilimanjaro) 57. Who was the first man on the moon? (Neil
27. What’s the highest mountain in the world? Armstrong)
(Everest) 58. Who was the first president of the United States?
28. What’s the largest city in India? (Bombay) (Washington)
29. What’s the most important book in the Muslim 59. Who is Mickey Mouse’s girlfriend? (Minnie
religion? (Koran) Mouse)
30. What’s the name of the famous big clock in 60. What is the biggest city in the United States?
London? (Big Ben) (New York)
31. What’s the real name of Siddartha Gautama?
(Buddha)
Discussing Controversial topics 1

LAW • EDUCATION • GOVERNMENT • ENVIRONMENT • BUSINESS
From the author
This activity is meant for advanced ESL students.
This activity contains detailed teacher’s notes, 24 question Should
a
Should univers
ity Should milita
ry
cards, and a student handout listing all the questions.
marijuana be educati
on b service be
Controversial Topics 1 deal with topics concerning law,
legalized? free to a e voluntary?
education, government, environment, and business ll?
The activity was designed to

• provide advanced students with the opportunity to discuss Are there to Are
Paul Hamel has been
current controversial topics o internatio
teaching ESL for over many peop
40 years and is currently • let students share opinions and views with their classmates
le Is climate corporatio
nal
on this plan ?
teaching at the American et? change real too big?
ns
Language Center at UCLA • encourage group interaction and discussion
Teacher’s Notes
1 Print out and photocopy the two sheets of controversial question cards.
several sets.)
ahead of time.)
activity.

Sheet 1 Cut along the dotted line to make cards.
Should people
Should Should
have the right
marijuana pornography
to keep guns
be legalized? be banned?
at home?
Should the
alcohol Should pit Should
drinking age be bull dogs be abortion be
increased or banned? legal?
lowered?
Should Should a
Should there
adultery be university
be capital
a criminal education be
punishment?
offense? free to all?
Should parents
Should English
Should there be required
be the only
be a world to send their
official language
language? children to
in the U.S.?
school?
Should
Should Should
governments
religion be everyone be
spend money
taught in taxed at the
exploring outer
school? same rate?
space?
Should illegal Should military

Will there ever
immigrants service be
be a world
be detained voluntary?
government?
in jails?
Should
governments limit Are there too Should the
the number of many people dead be buried
children couples on this planet? or cremated?
can have?
Is climate Will there ever Are international

change real? be a world corporations
currency? too big?
LAW • EDUCATION • GOVERNMENT • ENVIRONMENT • BUSINESS
Law
1. Should people have the right to keep guns at home?
2. Should marijuana be legalized?
3. Should pornography be banned?
4. Should the alcohol drinking age be increased or lowered?
5. Should pit bull dogs be banned?
6. Should abortion be legal?
7. Should adultery be a criminal offense?
8. Should there be capital punishment?
Education
9. Should a university education be free to all?
10. Should English be the only official language in the U.S.?
11. Should there be a world language?
12. Should parents be required to send their children to school?
13. Should religion be taught in school?
Government
14. Should governments spend money exploring outer space?
15. Should everyone be taxed at the same rate?
16. Should illegal immigrants be detained in jails?
17. Will there ever be a world government?
18. Should military service be voluntary?
19. Should governments limit the number of children couples can have?
Environment
20. Are there too many people on this planet?
21. Should the dead be buried or cremated?
22. Is climate change real?
Business
23. Will there ever be a world currency?
24. Are international corporations too big?
© Paul J. Hamel 2012 • Lesson 0152

C U LT U R E • FA M I LY • H E A LT H • B E L I E F S • E T H I C S
From the author
contains detailed teacher’s notes, 24 question cards, and a Will the
handout listing all the questions. Controversial Topics 2 deals Are we too re What age is
always
with culture, family, health, beliefs, and ethics.
dependent on be appropriate
racism?
computers? for dating?
• provide advanced ESL students with the opportunity to
discuss current controversial topics
Paul Hamel has been
Is it ever
teaching ESL for over • let students share opinions and views with their classmates Is nuclear
40 years and is currently
okay to lie? Is there life
energy sa
teaching at the American • encourage group interaction and discussion after death? fe?
Language Center at UCLA • increase individual student’s speaking time during class
Teacher’s Notes
several sets.)
ahead of time.)
activity.

Are actors and Are social

Are we too
professional networking
dependent on
athletes paid sites good
computers?
too much? for society?
Would you ever Is it okay for

Who decides
consider having couples to have
what is
cosmetic sex before
beautiful?
surgery? marriage?
When should
Will there parents let What age is
always be their teens appropriate
racism? make their own for dating?
decisions?
Will your
Is getting Do you believe
children live
divorced too in arranged
better than
easy today? marriages?
you?
Are cell Should

Should
phones cigarette
medical care
dangerous? smoking be
be free?
banned?
Does
Is genetic
Is nuclear organized
engineering
energy safe? religion cause
dangerous?
wars?
Is there other Should animals

Is there life
intelligent life in be used for
after death?
the universe? research?
Should Should
marketing assisted Is it ever
companies suicide be okay to lie?
target children? legal?
C U LT U R E • FA M I LY • H E A LT H • B E L I E F S • E T H I C S
Culture
1. Are actors and professional athletes paid too much?
2. Are we too dependent on computers?
3. Are social networking sites good for society?
4. Who decides what is beautiful?
5. Would you ever consider having cosmetic surgery?
6. Is it okay for couples to have sex before marriage?
7. Will there always be racism?
Family
8. When should parents let their teens make their own decisions?
9. What age is appropriate for dating?
10. Is getting divorced too easy today?
11. Will your children live better than you?
12. Do you believe in arranged marriages?
Health
13. Are cell phones dangerous?
14. Should cigarette smoking be banned?
15. Should medical care be free?
16. Is nuclear energy safe?
17. Is genetic engineering dangerous?
Beliefs
18. Does organized religion cause wars?
19. Is there life after death?
20. Is there other intelligent life in the universe?
Ethics
21. Should animals be used for research?
22. Should marketing companies target children?
23. Should assisted suicide be legal?
24. Is it ever okay to lie?

Discussing Current
business related topics
From the author
This activity is meant for advanced ESL students.
This activity contains detailed teacher’s notes, 30 question Are
l Do flexib
cards, and a handout listing all the questions. inte ationa
rn work sc le Are CEOs
rp or at io ns hedules paid to
co
The activity is designed to work
too big? much?
• provide advanced students with the opportunity to discuss
current controversial topics
• let students share opinions and views with their classmates Should the
Paul Hamel has been Should Should all
teaching ESL for over governmen
• encourage group interaction and discussion t employees employee
s be
40 years and is currently regulate
teaching at the American • increase individual student’s speaking time during class belong to drug teste
d?
banks?
Language Center at UCLA unions?
Teacher’s Notes
1 Print out and photocopy the two sheets of business related question cards.
several sets.)
ahead of time.)
activity.

Are Should
Is business businesses
international
spying a major monitor their
corporations
problem? employees’
too big?
e-mails?
Is identity Should animals be

theft a serious Are CEOs
used in product
problem? paid too much?
research?
Are we too Should there be

dependent on Do flexible work
a minimum wage
computers? schedules work?
law?
Is climate Should businesses

Is a 40-hour
change man- contribute to their
work week too
made? employee’s pension
long?
plan?
Should business Are you optimistic Should some

profits be or pessimistic office workers be
shared with about the future allowed to work
employees? world economy? at home?
Can solar and Should Internet Do ethics play

wind power sales be taxed like an important
solve our energy other businesses? part in
problems? business?
Are businesses Do environmental Are cell phones

taxed too laws work? dangerous?
much?
Should
Should the Do import and
governments
retirement age export taxes hurt
regulate
be extended? or help business?
banks?
Should all Should marketing Should

employees be companies target employees
drug tested? children? belong to
unions?
Should
Should Should health
businesses
undocumented care be private
pay for their
immigrants be or public?
employee’s health
allowed to work?
care?
business related questions
1. Are international corporations too big?
2. Is business spying a major problem?
3. Is identity theft a serious problem?
4. Should animals be used in product research?
5. Are we too dependent on computers?
6. Do flexible work schedules work?
7. Should businesses monitor their employee’s e-mails?
8. Are CEOs paid too much?
9. Should there be a minimum wage law?
10. Is climate change man-made?
11. Is a 40-hour work week too long?
12. Should business profits be shared with employees?
13. Are you optimistic or pessimistic about the future world economy?
14. Should some office workers be allowed to work at home?
15. Can solar and wind power solve our energy problems?
16. Should internet sales be taxed like other businesses?
17. Do ethics play an important part in business?
18. Are businesses taxed too much?
19. Do environmental laws work?
20. Are cell phones dangerous?
21. Should the retirement age be extended?
22. Do import and export taxes hurt or help businesses?
23. Should governments regulate banks?
24. Should all employees be drug tested?
25. Should marketing companies target children?
26. Should employees belong to unions?
27. Should undocumented immigrants be allowed to work?
28. Should businesses pay for their employees’ health care?
29. Should health care be public or private?
30. Should business contribute to their employee’s pension plan?

D iscussing C ommon J ob
I ntervie w Questions
From the author
lly Are you Have you
contains detailed teacher’s notes, 36 question cards, and a Are you lega
auth or iz ed to willing to ever been
handout listing all the questions.
work? travel? convicted of
The activity was designed to a crime?
• provide advanced students with the opportunity to discuss
a variety of answers to common job interview questions
Paul Hamel has been How do you
teaching ESL for over • let students share personal experiences with classmates handle stre What are Why shou
ss
40 years and is currently • encourage group interaction and discussion and pressu your greatest we hire yo
ld
re?
teaching at the American strengths? u?
Language Center at UCLA • increase individual student’s speaking time during class
Teacher’s Notes
1 Print out and photocopy the three sheets of job interview question cards.
several sets.)
ahead of time.)
6 Tell them to read their question aloud and lead their group in discussing the question on the card.
(Each student should lead at least one discussion.)
activity.
12 Distribute the handout containing the common job interview questions.

Are you legally Are you

Are you willing
authorized to willing to
to travel?
work? relocate?
Can you Describe a

Are you willing describe a time situation where
to work nights, when your work you had to
weekends, and was criticized
make a quick
holidays? and how did you
handle it? decision.
Do you have
any language
abilities that Do you need Do you prefer a
might assist you additional fixed or flexible
in performing training? work schedule?
this job?
Have you ever

Do you prefer had difficulty with
Have you ever
to work a supervisor or
been convicted
independently teacher? How
of a crime?
or on a team? did you resolve
the conflict?
If you knew your

How do you feel
How much boss was 100%
about taking
experience wrong about
work home something, what
do you have?
with you? would you do?
Tell me about a
major problem
How do you How would you you recently
handle stress describe your handled. Were
and pressure? work style? you successful in
resolving it?
How has your

school/work
What are What are
experience
prepared you for
your greatest your salary
working at our strengths? expectations?
company?
How long do What is your

What is your
you expect to greatest failure
greatest
work for us if and what did you
achievement?
hired? learn from it?
What is your What is your What is

greatest philosophy your style of
weakness? towards work? leadership?
What kind of What What skills

situation motivates can you bring
do you find you? to this
stressful? company?
What What type What’s the most

technology of work important thing
are you environment you learned in
familiar with? do you prefer? school?
Why are you

Where did Why should
the best
you work we hire you?
person for
before?
the job?
Common Job Interview Questions
1. Are you legally authorized to work?
2. Are you willing to relocate?
3. Are you willing to travel?
4. Are you willing to work nights, weekends, and holidays?
5. Can you describe a time when your work was criticized and how did you handle it?
6. Describe a situation where you had to make a quick decision.
7. Do you have any language abilities that might assist you in performing this job?
8. Do you need additional training?
9. Do you prefer a fixed or flexible work schedule?
10. Do you prefer to work independently or on a team?
11. Have you ever been convicted of a crime?
12. Have you ever had difficulty with a supervisor or teacher? How did you resolve the conflict?
13. How do you feel about taking work home with you?
14. How do you handle stress and pressure?
15. How has your school/work experience prepared you for working at our company?
16. How long do you expect to work for us if hired?
17. How much experience do you have?
18. How would you describe your work style?
19. If you knew your boss was 100% wrong about something, what would you do?
20. Tell me about a major problem you recently handled. Were you successful in resolving it?
21. What are your greatest strengths?
22. What are your salary expectations?
23. What is your greatest achievement?
24. What is your greatest failure and what did you learn from it?
25. What is your greatest weakness?
26. What is your philosophy towards work?
27. What is your style of leadership?
28. What kind of situation do you find stressful?
29. What motivates you?
30. What skills can you bring to this company?
31. What technology are you familiar with?
32. What type of work environment do you prefer?
33. What’s the most important thing you learned in school?
34. Where did you work before?
35. Why are you the best person for the job?
36. Why should we hire you?

real ne w s tidbits 1
From the author
This activity is meant for advanced ESL students. This activity contains detailed teacher’s
notes and two handouts.
• provide advanced students with the opportunity to discuss current general news topics
• let students share opinions and views with their classmates
Paul Hamel has been teaching ESL for over 40 years and is currently teaching at the American Language
Center at UCLA Extension in Los Angeles.
Teacher’s Notes

3 Distribute copies of the handout. To save paper, photocopy back to back.
4 Direct each student to choose two tidbit items on the handout.
5 Tell the students to take a few minutes to read their articles/tidbits.
6 Tell the students to take turns leading a discussion about their topics.
8 During the last twenty minutes of the activity, ask volunteers from each group to share some of the
topics their group discussed. (Place important vocabulary and expressions on the board.)

GROUP DISCUSSION
REAL NEWS TIDBITS 1 tidbit (tid’bit) noun. a tasty morsel to be enjoyed before the meal
Directions
HEALTH
CRISIS: Youth substance
Amazon launches
• Break up into groups
abuse is called the leading U.S.
public health problem. digital rentals of
college textbooks
of three or four.
• Each student chooses
Addiction
two articles. often rooted By NATHAN OLIVAREZ-GILES, Los Angeles Times, July 19, 2011
• Take a few minutes to
before 21 College textbooks are getting a bit more affordable.
read your articles and Addictions are largely problems
for people who begin smoking, Amazon.com Inc. on Monday said it launched a program in which
be prepared to lead a college students can rent digital copies of “tens of thousands of
drinking or using other drugs
discussion about them. textbooks” at a fraction of the cost
before age 21, according to a
report published Wednesday of buying them.
• Share some of the
highlights of your by the National Center on The online retailer said the rental
Addiction and Substance fees could be as much as 80
group’s discussion
Abuse at Columbia University. percent lower than the purchase
with the whole class. Adolescent substance abuse is price. Students can rent a textbook
America’s leading public health for as few as 30 days or up to 360
Off-Color Jokes problem, with 20% of all high
school students meeting the
days, with fees based on how long
the book is rented, Amazon said.
Having a sense of humor is
a good trait to show, but be medical criteria for addiction.
The report says that’s troubling Rentals can be read on Amazon’s
careful about comments that Kindle e-reader, as well as Macs
could be considered offensive. because substances act
differently on the developing and PCs that have the Kindle app.
Offending someone is an easy
way to be lose friends. Jokes brain than they do on the adult They can also be read on smartphones and tablet computers
that involve race, gender, brain. The report notes that 1 in running the Apple iOS, Microsoft Windows Phone 7 and Google
national origin, religion, age or 4 Americans who began using Android operating systems.
disabilities are out of bounds. any addictive substance before Discussion: How will on-line student textbooks change
If you’re tempted to tell a story age 18 are addicted, compared education?
with any of these elements,
stop yourself. Not only does
such misuse of stereotypes
with 1 in 25 Americans who
started using at 21 or older. Income Divide Grows
reflect on your sensitivity and Gap between the rich and poor has widened in
SHARI ROAN--Los Angeles
character, you may step on most developed nations, report says.
Times, July 4, 2011
unseen toes without knowing Discussion: What is the best The United States continues to outpace other developed
it. way to deal with addictions? economies globally with one of the biggest divides between
Discussion: Describe a rich and poor; according to a new report. The Organization for
situation in which you heard
an off-color joke. What was Save money Economic Cooperation and Development reported that the average
income of the richest 10% in developed nations is nine times that
your reaction?
by paying of the poorest 10%, up from five times as large in the 1980s. The
difference between the highest and lowest paid is greater in the
I arrived
at two to
I got here at
two to two, too. yourself United States than in most other wealthy countries; while inequality
has risen, faster in others such as Sweden and Finland, the report
two. Put an open jar in a conspicuous says. “This phenomenon is not confined to the U.S. — it’s much
place in your home. When you
more general to advanced countries in the world,” said Edward
do something you might have
paid for – ironing, cooking, fixing Wolff, a professor studying income inequality at New York University.
a good latte – feed the jar with A report released last month by the nonpartisan Congressional
the amount you’d have spent. Budget Office said that the income of the richest 1% of American
Do the same if you resist the households rose 275% between 1979 and 2007, while the income
impulse to buy something. The of the poorest 20% grew 18% over the same period. These trends
Discussion: What other words money will add up fast. AARP have helped fuel the Occupy Wall Street movement and its protest
do you know that sound the bulletin, July-August 2011
same but also has a different of the growing gap between the rich and poor. Nathaniel Popper,
Discussion: Can you name L.A. Times, 12/9/2011
meaning?
additional ways to save money? Discussion: Will this trend continue? Can it be changed?
GROUP DISCUSSION Page 2
Congressional Teens Put Off Driver’s Licenses RECIPE

Staffers Fired In an era of expensive gasoline and a struggling economy, Elephant Stew
over Tweets young people are postponing getting their driver’s licenses. The
From Smokey (The Etheridge
data reflect big behavioral, technological and economic shifts,
Congressman Rick Larsen Family Reunion Cook Book)
said Michael Sivak, research professor at the University of
(Democrat, Washington State) Michigan’s Transportation Research Institute. “The availability Ingredients
fired three staff members who of virtual contact - through electronic means has reduced the 1 medium sized elephant
apparently chronicled their need for actual contact among young people,” said Sivak, who 500 bushels potatoes
on-the-job drinking exploits, holds a doctorate in psychology. Parents worry that texting 1 ton salt
including taking shots of Jack imperils driving skills, but Sivak’s research appears to indicate 1 ton pepper
Daniel’s at their desks, via Twitter. that teenagers think traffic congestion and high fuel costs are the 200 bushels carrots
Larsen dismissed the three real nightmares, taking up time and money that could otherwise 4,000 sprigs parsley
Thursday, about an hour after be spent on electronic communication. Between 1983 and 2008, 1,000 gallons brown gravy
learning from their spokesman the percentage of 16-year-olds obtaining driver’s licenses around
Bryan Thomas. The staffers 2 small rabbits (optional)
the USA fell from 46.2% to 31.1% The percentage of 17-year-
who were fired — legislative Directions:
olds with licenses fell from 68.9% to 50%. For 17-year-olds, the
assistants worked in Larsen’s drop was from 80.4% to 65.4%. The declines were progressively Cut elephant into man-size
Washington, D.C. offfce. smaller as the age range climbed. The numbers showed big pieces. This will take about
Associated Press, 12/9/2011, increases in the number of older Americans holding on to their two months. Cut vegetables
Seattle, Washington driver’s licenses. by Ronald D. White, L.A. Times, 10/6/2011 into cubes, another 2 months.
Discussion: Do you belief this trend will continue? Place meat in pan, cover
Discussion: Should employee with gravy and simmer for 4
e-mails, tweets, etc. be
HEALTH weeks. Shovel in salt and
monitored? pepper to taste. When meat
Twenty-five percent of an average American’s total daily calorie is tender, add the vegetables.
Should the employees be consumption comes from snacks, beverages and not from food
fired? Why or why not? (A steam shovel is useful for
eaten during meals. Source: Institute of Food Technology
this.) Simmer slowly for 4
Discussion: Should people count calories? Why or why not? more weeks. This will serve
LANGUAGE about 3,800 people. If more
I n t e r e s t i n g , What do you see in the photo? are expected, add the rabbits,
but this is not recommended
I Could Read as few people like hare in their
stew.
Ever y Wor d!!! Discussion: Share some of
your favorite recipes with
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those in your group.
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of the Hmuan Mnid other animals have? A: Baby
tigers.
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if we get
what’s your
telephone
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deos not raed ervey lteter by Whether the weather be cold

istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. or whether the weather be hot.
Amzanig huh? We’ll weather the weather
Challenge: Correct all the whether we like it or not.
spelling errors.
Discussion: Say a tongue
twister in your own language. Discussion: What makes this comic strip funny?
From the author
Teacher’s Notes


GROUP DISCUSSION
COURTS TECHNOLOGY
Directions Tobacco firm’s The business and culture of our digital lives
• Break up into groups appeal rejected Our Addiction to Technology Trumps

of three or four. Florida’s Supreme Court Caffeine, Chocolate and Alcohol
declined to hear R. J. Reynolds
• Each student chooses Tobacco Co.’s appeal of a This probably sounds familiar: You’re out to dinner with friends,
two articles. $28.3-million verdict in a and everything’s fun, until you get that itch. It’s been 20 minutes,
case that the cigarette maker and you really want to check Facebook, or Twitter, or Foursquare
• Take a few minutes to argued may affect thousands or email. Forget about wanting; this is needing. You finally give in
read your articles and of so-called Engle tobacco to the urge and sneakily check your phone under the table -- or
be prepared to lead a claims in the state. The court fake an urgent visit to the bathroom, where you’ll take a hit of the
discussion about them. declined to hear an appeal of Internet while huddling in a stall.
the 2009 verdict in favor of
Mathilde Martin, who said her Anecdotally, our Internet use seems to have spawned real
• Share some of the
husband died from smoking. addictions. And according to several recently released surveys,
highlights of your
The decision leaves in place we’ve got it bad. More than half of Americans would rather give
group’s discussion a lower state appeals court up chocolate, alcohol and caffeine for a week before parting
with the whole class. ruling that affirmed the verdict. temporarily with their phones, according to a recent survey by
The Engle decision threw out technology firm TeleNav. “Media is my drug; without it I was lost,”
BRITAIN a $145-billion punitive damage said a British student. “I am an addict. How could I survive 24
Women to Serve verdict against the U.S. hours without it?” One wrote: “Emptiness overwhelmed me.”
tobacco industry and ended a
on Submarines statewide class action filed on
Another said he “felt incomplete.” LA Times, August 11, 2011
Women will be allowed to serve behalf of Florida smokers. Discussion: Are you addicted to technology? If so, describe
on submarines for the first time, Discussion: Should smokers how it has changed your life.
Britain’s defense secretary
announced after research be able to sue tobacco
showed that there were no companies? Why or why ANIMALS
health reasons to support not?
the ban. A small number of
The Battle of Cats vs. Dogs
BUSINESS
Which Are Smarter?
female officers who have
volunteered will begin training
next year and start serving on Post Offices
Royal Navy nuclear-powered
submarines in late 2019. are on Hit List Which of America’s favorite pets
is top dog (or the cat’s meow)
Women have been allowed on
board Royal Navy ships since The U.S. Postal Service when it comes to smarts and
1990 but weren’t eligible to announced the closing of
skills? We turned to science
serve on submarines because 3,700 post offices because of
a $6,000,000 deficit. to put the age-old rivalry to
of concern that higher levels
of carbon dioxide in the boats the test. May the best pet win!
posed risks to their health. L.A. The Postal Service, funded
There are many ways of sizing
Times, 12/9/2011 entirely by revenue from its
retail sales, has seen revenue up what’s going on inside our
Discussion: Should women
be allowed to serve in the decline because of the public’s pets’ furry heads; scientists
military? Why or why not? use of the Internet. have tried to assess such areas as communication, trainability,
As a result, it is shifting away and complexity of thought. Sorry, cat lovers, but in just about
What’s the difference
between “partly cloudy” from traditional offices to every measure, dogs come out on top. “The average dog can
and “partly sunny?” smaller shops in supermarkets, learn 165 words; that’s equivalent to the vocabulary of a 2-year-
drugstores and office supply old child,” says Coren, whose surveys have found that border
chains, as well as selling its collies, poodles, German shepherds, and golden retrievers are
products online, The Postal
Service has 32,000 retail the brainiest breeds. “Cats can learn something in the vicinity
offices-and more than 7,000 of 35 words.” (The smartest feline may be the Maine coon.)
third party retailers. Dogs are also far easier to train and have a greater capacity for
Discussion: Should mail complex thought. A recent study found that pet dogs observe
service be privatized or run and learn from human behavior to such an extent that they won’t
by the government? What bother to beg for food while their owner is reading a book.
are the advantages and Discussion: If you had a pet, what kind would it be?
disadvantages? © Paul J. Hamel 2012 • Lesson 0157
REAL NEWS TIDBITS 2 BRAZIL

ETHICS A Call for Global Space Burial?
Ethics Student is Gay Rights Rain Forest Want to be buried in space?
Hacking Suspect Secretary of State Hillary Destruction The State of Virginia would
A Harvard University fellow
Rodham Clinton called on
world leaders for the first time
Slows Down help pay for space burial under
proposed legislation that aims
who was studying ethics Annual destruction of the
was charged with hacking Tuesday to stop discrimination Amazon rain forest fell to its to boost the Mid-Atlantic
into the Massachusetts against gays and lesbians, lowest recorded level this Regional Spaceport. The
Institute of Technology’s announcing that the United year, Brazilian authorities proposal, which the General
computer network to steal States would use diplomacy said, hailing a crackdown in Assembly will debate next
nearly 15 million academic and $3 million in aid to help enforcement for the decrease. year, would provide a Virginia
articles. Aaron Swartz, 24, of expand the rights of gay The destruction from August income tax deduction up to
Cambridge was accused of people around the world. In 2010 through July 2011 was $2,500 a year for such burials.
stealing the documents from a speech to mark Human about 2,410 square miles,
The total deduction could not
JSTOR, a popular research Rights Day, Clinton declared according to the National
Institute for Space Research. exceed $8,000, Proponents
subscription service that offers
that protecting the rights of hope the measure will provide
digitized copies of more than The institute has tracked
1,000 academic journals and gay, lesbian, bisexual and Amazon destruction since 1988 revenue for the spaceport,
documents, some dating from transgender people is “now by analyzing satellite images. which is expanding because
the 17th century. LA Times, one of the remaining human The destruction peaked in NASA decided to cancel the
July 20, 2011 rights challenges of our time” 1995, when 11,220 square space shuttle program. The
Disicussion: How should and compared it to the battles miles were destroyed. Brazil’s facility, which describes itself
Aaron Swartz be punished? for women’s rights, racial government has stepped up as a “full-service spaceport,”
equality and religious freedom. enforcement of environmental is located at Wallops Island on
Speaking at the United Nations’ laws in recent years, mostly by
PHILOSOPHY sending armed environmental
Virginia’s coast. Space burials,
human rights body in Geneva, in which small samples of the
What does the following saying agents into the jungle to carry
mean to you? “The only constant she noted that obstacles to cremated remains of people
out large raids on deforestation
in the universe is change.” gender equality in much of are sent into orbit, began
hot spots. 12/6/2011
the world “rest on deeply held in 1997. Cory Nealon, L.A.
Discussion: Do you think
DID YOU KNOW? personal, political, cultural Timee, 12/2011
that this trend will continue?
More collect calls are made on and religious beliefs.” Clinton
How does the destruction Discussion: Would you
Father’s Day than any other day said that in reality, gay people
of the rain forest affect the consider being buried in
of the year. tidbitsweekly.com are born into and belong to
planet? space? Why or why not?
Discussion: When was the every society in the world.Kim
last time you spoke to your TRAVEL
Geiger, L.A. Times, 12/9/2011
INTERNET
Discussion: How are gays Great Ways to Save
father? What did you speak
about? Free Music Online
treated in your country? While Traveling
HUMOR Should they be treated
Bring your ATM card
Internet radio stations such
An Odd Tale any differently than other

groups? Why or why not?
Pass up the foreign currency
exchange kiosh—you’ll likely
as nuTsle, SteroMood, Pocket
Tunes, and Jango offer music
There is the story of four to fit your taste and mood.
people named “EVERYBODY,” get a bad rate. Use an ATM Radio Tuna searches for online
“SOMEBODY,” “ANYBODY,” W isd o m Fo r L i fe instead. Avoid some fees
and “NOBODY.” There was stations currently streaming
By Guenther A. Keunecke by using machines affiliated
an important job to do and the artist or genre you’re
EVERYBODY was asked from “Senior Moments” with your home bank’s global requesting.
to do it. ANYBODY could Do not necessarily think about network. Check with your
have done it, but NOBODY bank for details. Discussion: Have you ever
did it. SOMEBODY got yesterday,
Discussion:What experiences listened to internet radio?
angry about that because For it is gone.
have you had exchanging If so, what are your favorite
it was EVERYBODY’s job.
EVERYBODY thought that Do not necessarily think about money while traveling? stations?
ANYBODY could do it, but tomorrow,
NOBODY realized that For it is not here yet.
EVERYBODY wouldn’t do
it. Consequently, NOBODY But do experience the
told ANYBODY about it, moment of your life,
so EVERYBODY blamed For you are in its presence.
SOMEBODY that nothing was
done!! Oh no... Discussion: Retell this poem
in your own words.
From the author
Teacher’s Notes


GROUP DISCUSSION
SCIENCE EDUCATION
Directions Polar Ic e Should Korean Colleges
• Break up into groups
of three or four.
Warming air from climate
change isn’t the only thing that Teach in English?
will speed melting near the poles
With Korea part of an ever more globalized world...
• Each student chooses -- so will the warming water
Balancing globalization and reality in the lecture hall
two articles. beneath the ice, a new study
says. In a report in the journal Lectures conducted in English have become commonplace at
• Take a few minutes to Nature Geoscience, Professor Korean universities in the last few years. It has been reported that
read your articles and Yin of the University of Arlzona universities in Seoul conduct between 20 and 40 percent of their
says warming oceans could lectures in English. A desire to keep in step with globalization and
be prepared to lead a bump up Korean universities’ place in world rankings have been
discussion about them. mean polar ice is melting faster
cited as the rationale behind the push for more English lectures.
than had been expected. “If you
But the move toward English has met with some resistance.
• Share some of the put an ice cube in a warm room,
it will melt in several hours. But Critics say the practice puts
highlights of your undue pressure on students
group’s discussion if you put an ice cube in a cup
with limited English abilities
of warm water, it will disappear
with the whole class. and that some professors are
in just minutes,” Yin said. not sufficiently competent in
Coauthor Jonathan Overpeck the language themselves.
of the University of Arizona’s Others point to what they say
Question Institute of the Environment
said in a statement: “This paper
is the absurdity of teaching
a foreign language such as A student walks past a poster
of the Day adds to the evidence that we Japanese in English. Early protesting reforms at KAIST
could have a sea level rise this year, the issue was earlier this year. An English-only
Is knowing a little brought into sharp focus at lecture policy was among those
by the end of this century of
Korea Advanced Institute of sparking controversy.
about a lot better around one meter.” ASSOCIATED
PRESS Science and Technology. A string of student suicides there was
than knowing a lot Discussion: Is climate change blamed on reforms introduced by its president, Suh Nam-pyo.
real? If so, how will it affect Among the reforms was a mandate for English-only lectures.
about a little? Suh later backtracked and said that alternatives to English would
you during your lifetime?
be provided for some subjects. For the time being, though, the
SCIENCE move toward English lectures looks set to continue. Yonhap
News, July, 2011
Longer Life Looks Like, a Gene Thing Discussion: How much is English used in your country’s
The secret to a very long life may have nothing to do with what you educational system? What other languages besides English
eat, how, much exercise you get, or whether you smoke or drink. are taught in your country? What is the future of English in
It may be that you hit the genetic jackpot, a study suggests. education, business, science, tourism, etc?
Researchers identified 477 people who were at least 95 years DID YOU KNOW? Pay with Cash
old and found surveys they had completed about their lifestyle Studies show
A very interesting golf course
habits. That information was compared with surveys from 3,164 that people
is located in North Dakota. may spend 50
people from the general population who were born around the Well, part of it is in North
same time but were no longer alive. Overall, there were no percent more
Dakota. The other part is in on fast food
significant differences. They had similar average body mass Canada. Tee off on the ninth and other
index, had about the same daily alcohol consumption and got hole in Canada, and find the purchases
about the same amount of regular exercise. Also, about the cup in the United States. This when they
same percentage of people followed a low-calorie diet. Among particular ninth cup collected pay with a
the few differences: Those in the over-95 group were Iess likely its first hole-in-one in 1934 debit or credit card because parting
to be obese. The researchers concluded that the key may lie in when George Wegener hit the with cash hurts more. Some
genetics. Those not blessed with good genes probably need to ball in one country and scored retailers, including gas stations,
keep to the straight and narrow if they want to live longer. This offer discounts to cash customers
in another. tidbitsweekly.com
was reported last week in the Journal of the American Geriatrics to avoid paying the card “swipe
Society. -- Jeannie Stein, Los Angeles Times, August, 2011 Discussion: Do you know of fee” to a bank. Discussion: What
any interesting stories about are some other ways to save on
Do you know of anyone who is over 100 years old? If so, bank fees?
how do you think they got there? country borders?
PETS SOCIAL NETWORKING
HEALTH
Pit Bull Kills Preventive care guidelines for adults
Family Facebook photos
Recommended
Woman Lifestyle Practices Force Parent to Freak
Authorities say a pit bull has Dental health
killed a 32-year-old woman Ask Amy, July 14, 2011
: Floss daily and use fluoride
in her Pacifica, California toothpaste. Dear Amy: I would like some advice about how to let friends
home. Officers were called Diet, nutrition and and family know that I would not like any pictures of my family
after Daria Napora’s huband exercise: Limit fats, especially posted on Facebook or any other social networking site. What
arrived home a little after noon saturated fat and cholesterol. the heck is the best way to do this without sounding like a freak?
Thursday and found her lying Eat fruits, vegetables, and Concerned
injured on the living room floor. whole grains. Make sure you Dear Concerned: I remember back at the dawn of Facebook
Pacifica Police Captain Dave are getting enough vitamin D (say, two or three years ago) when I advocated in this space
Bertini said officers found and calcium. Try to be physically for the concept of “permission” regarding the posting of photos.
active on most days. Walk and Oh, how young and naive I was. Now I’m on Facebook myself,
do weight-bearing and muscle- and I know better. By all means, ask people in your circle not
building exercises. to post photos of your family on social networking sites. Your
Emotional health: Talk friends won’t think you’re a freak; they’ll just think you’re being
to your personal physician or unrealistic. The people in your personal circle of actual “friends”
other health care professional may go to great lengths to respect your wishes — but then there
to get help if you’re depressed, are your kids’ friends; their teammates; their teammates’ moms
anxious, thinking of suicide, or and their teammate’s mom’s sister-in-law, Brenda, who took
are being threatened, abused, some awesome pictures of the kids during their last game and
or hurt by someone. Loneliness has posted and “tagged” all the children in the photos. Join these
and isolation increase your social networking sites yourself. This is the best way to patrol
risk of illness. Spend time with what photos are floating around. Then you can attempt to control
your friends and family, and them, by removing “tags” or asking people to pull photos down.
participate in activities that Discussion: List ways to protect your identity when using
Napora suffering from major interest you.
trauma. Emergency personnel the internet.
Safety: Use seat belts and
pronounced her dead at the helmets. If you drink, always ARCHEOLOGY NATURAL PEST CONTROL
scene. Greg Napora told police have a designated driver. Install Cockroaches hate catnip-
Ancient Mosaic Found simmered water sprayed
that the couple’s adult dog had and check smoke detectors.
attacked his wife while he was Set water heater temperature to Excavations in the bowels of an near baseboards. To repel
ancient Roman hill have turned mosquitoes, dab lavender
at work. A police spokesman between 120 and 130 degrees oil on your skin or drink two
Fahrenheit. up a well-preserved, late 1st-
said officers shot and killed century wall mosaic with a figure teaspoons of cider vinegar in
the dog as it approached Sexual practices: Use birth of Apollo, nude except for a a glass of water for a pore-
emergency workers trying to control to prevent unintended colorful mantle over a shoulder. emitted repellent. If this repels
pregnancies. To prevent Archaeologists and city officials you, check out the many
assist the woman.
sexually transmitted diseases unveiled the recent find to commercial products on the
This mauling comes after fatal (STDs), use condoms and reporters Friday on the Appian market. AARP bulletin, July-
attacks in Northern California avoid having sex with high-risk Hill. The mosaic-covered wall August 2011
partners such as known drug is 53 feet wide and at least 6 Discussion: What are other
last year and six years ago. ways to control pests?
users. feet high. Officials think the wall
Jacob Bisbee, 2, was killed by a continues down about 26 feet
Skin protection: Always
pit bull in his step grandfather’s more. Archaeologists say the Why is the Because all
protect your skin from the sun little boy ant of his uncles
garage in Concord in July wall appears to be in a tunnel
when outdoors. Wear a hat and built to help support Trajan’s confused? are aunts!
2010. Nicholas Faibish, 12, sunscreen to reduce your risk
was killed by family pit bulls Baths, named for the emperor
of skin cancer. who ruled from 98 till 117. The
in June 2005 after his mother Smoking & Substance mosaic, which also depicts a
left him alone in their San abuse: If you smoke or chew Muse, apparently embellished
Francisco home. Associated tobacco, talk with your physician a room where wealthy Romans
Press, August, 12, 2011 about how to quit. Avoid using gathered to hear music and
drugs and abusing alcohol. discuss art. - ASSOCIATED
Taken from Kaiser Permanente PRESS, July 30, 2011 Discussion: Do you know
Discussion: Should pit bulls
Health Resources Booklet Discussion: What can be other words that sound
be banded in your city? Why alike, but have different
or why not? learned from archeology?
Discussion: Discuss other Why do archeologists do meanings?
ways to lead a healthy life. what they do?
From the author
Teacher’s Notes


GROUP DISCUSSION
SAVING ON CAR CRIME AUSTRALIA

Directions EXPENSES eBay post foils Pepper spray ends
• Break up into groups • Master the stick airport thefts kangaroo attack
of three or four. Cars and trucks with stick shifts A Transportation Security Two police officers used pepper
• Each student chooses typically get two to five more Administration officer charged
miles per gallon than vehicles spray to fight off a kangaroo that
two articles. with stealing watches from attacked an elderly woman in
with automatic transmissions, luggage at Los Angeles
according to Consumer Report. her backyard.
• Take a few minutes to International Airport was
They can cost $800 to $1,200 allegedly tripped up when Kangaroos
read your articles and rarely attack
less in the first place, and they one of the timepieces was put
be prepared to lead a up for sale on eBay, officials humans. Senior
need fewer and less expensive
discussion about them. brake and transmission repairs. said. According to the federal Sgt. Stephen
indictment handed down last Perkins, head
• Share some of the • Cruise control week, the worker stole an IWC of police in the
highlights of your Use it. You’ll often get better GST chrono perpetual calendar Queensland
group’s discussion mileage on the highway than Moonphase valued at roughly state town of
with the whole class. with your right foot in charge. $15,000, three other watches Charleville, said. He said that he
• Best time to buy worth about $8,000, as well as had never heard of police using
a $1,000 prepaid debit card. A
TECHNOLOGY Buy a car at the end of the month
federal grand jury indicted Paul
pepper spray against one, but
when there’s a scramble to meet that the tactic worked. Phyllis
Identity thief sales quotas. Salespeople often
Yashou, 38, of Torrance on two
felony and three misdemeanor Johnson, 94, received cuts and
gets 10 years
earn bonuses then and may theft counts. Yashou is alleged bruises. The kangaroo attacked
share the wealth with you to to have stolen the items from her while she was hanging
A Georgia man who hacked or close a deal. luggage going through security laundry. The kangaroo is such
bought more than 675,000 credit • Gas app at LAX Terminal 1, the U.S. a very popular native animal of
card numbers used in about $36 A website that drivers can district attorney’s office said. Australia that it has become its
million of fraudulent transactions use to check local gas prices, -- BATE MATHER, LA Times, national symbol. Its emblem is
was sentenced to 10 years in GasBuddy.com, has gone mobile July 26, 2011 used on the Australian coat of
prison. Rogelio Hackett Jr., 25, of with free apps for Apple, Android, Discussion: arms, on some of its currency,
Lithonia, Ga., was sentenced in Windows, and BlackBerry. AARP 1. Have you ever had as well as by some of Australia’s
Alexandria, Va., by U.S. District bulletin, July-August 2011 anything stolen from you best known organizations, such
Judge Anthony J. Trenga, who while traveling? If so, explain as Qantas.
Discussion: Can you name what happened.
also imposed a fine of $100,000, ASSOCIATED PRESS, July
additional ways to save on car
the Justice Department said. 2. How can you prevent theft 26, 2011, Photo from wikipedia
expenses?
Hackett was a “full-time identity while travelling?
thief who expanded his business Discussion: Have you ever
worldwide, affecting hundreds of CRIME Traditional had a dangerous encounter
thousands of people, banks and Serial Killer Gets Wedding Vows with a wild animal? If so,
merchants,” U.S. Atty. Neil H. explain what happened.
Maebride said. In 2009, federal Death Penalty I, ____, take you, ____, to be
my (husband/wife). I promise to
agents searching Hackett’s A Cleveland, Ohio, serial killer
be true to you in good times and
home found the stolen credit has been sentenced to die
for murdering 11 women and in bad, in sickness and in health.
card numbers in computers and
dumping their bodies around his I will love you and honor you
e-mail accounts. Prosecutors
property. Judge Dick Ambrose all the days of my life. I, ____,
said. He obtained the numbers
imposed the sentence that had take you, ____, for my lawful
by hacking into business
been recommended by the jury (husband/wife), to have and to
computer networks or buying the
that convicted Anthony Sowell, hold, from this day forward, for
information online, the statement
51. Prosecutors say Sowell better, for worse, for richer, for
said. -TIMES WIRE REPORTS, lured the women to his home poorer, in sickness and in health, You can’t alter your marriage
July 23, 2011 with the promise of alcohol or until death do us part. vows at the altar.
Discussion: What can we drugs. -- Los Angeles Times,
August 13, 2011 Discussion: Compare wedding Discussion: What other
do to protect ourselves from
Discussion: What’s your vows and traditions among the words have the same sound,
identify theft? different cultures represented
opinion about the death but different meanings?
eslworksheetsandlessonplans.com penalty? in your class. © Paul J. Hamel 2012 • Lesson 0159
Twitter Q & A SPORTS TECHNOLOGY
Group urges gov’t to
strictly limit chimp
Q: Do men and women earn
equal prize money for major W h a t N OT t o d o w h e n
research tennis events?
c h o o s i n g a p a s sw o r d
A: Yes. For the Grand Slam
• Do not choose a password based upon personal data like
tournaments (Australian Open,
your name, your username, or other information that one could
French Open, Wimbledon, and
easily discover about you from such sources as searching the
US Open), male and female
internet.
players walk away with the
same amounts. But it took • Do not choose a password that is a word (English or otherwise),
until 2007-- after a campaign proper name, name of a TV shows, or anything else that one would
Chimpanzees and other by some of the sport’s biggest expect a clever person to put in a “dictionary” of passwords.
apes should hardly ever be stars -- for all four to level the
• Do not choose a password that is a simple transformation of
used for medical research, a winnings. “It’s not about how
a word, such as putting a punctuation mark at the beginning or
prestigious scientific group much we can get paid,” Venus
told the government Thursday end of a word, converting the letter “l” to the digit “1”, writing
Williams, 31, said at the time.
— advice that means days a word backwards, etc. For example, “password,123” is not
“It’s about being on equal terms
in the laboratory may be a good password, since adding“,123” is a common, simple
as human beings.” Walter
numbered for humans’ closest transformation of a word.
Scott, Parade Magazine, July
relatives. The Institute of
24, 2011 • Do not choose passwords less than 8 characters long and
Medicine stopped short of
recommending the outright that they are made up solely of numbers or letters. Use letters
Discussion: Are there any
ban that animal rights activists of different cases, mixtures of digits and letters, and/or non-
differences in how much
had pushed for. Instead, it alphanumeric characters. For more information go to “http://
men and women earn in
urged strict limits that would www.cs.cmu.edu/~help/security/choosing_passwords.html”
your profession for identical
make invasive experiments
work? Discussion: Are there other ways to choose passwords.
with chimps essentially a
last resort, saying today’s
more advanced research ASK AMY GOLD PRICES Great Ways
tools mean the primates’ use
only rarely will be necessary Job ax is poised SOAR to Save While
enough to outweigh the moral over friend’s head Seventy-five percent of the Traveling
costs. Our close relationship gold produced is used in
has had animal rights groups Dear Amy: I recently accepted
Bring your ATM card
jewelry, the rest is used for
arguing that using chimps a new job. On my last day industrial application (circuit Pass up the foreign currency
for biomedical research is
in my old position, a senior board, etc.) The recent price exchange kiosh—you’ll likely
unethical, even cruel. “We
understand and feel compelled manager confided in me that hikes have been fuelled by get a bad rate. Use an ATM
by the moral cost of using because of budget cuts a few demand for jewelry in the far instead. Avoid some fees
chimpanzees in research,” positions may be eliminated. East mainly India and China, by using machines affiliated
said bioethicist Jeffrey Kahn One of those is the position of People there now have money with your home bank’s global
of Johns Hopkins University. to spend and in some cultures network. Check with your
someone I became close to at
“We have established criteria it is a traditional wedding gift. bank for details.
that will set the bar quite high work. I feel compelled to tell
Any way the demand for gold
for justification of the use of her so she can try to find a new in this part of the world has Take photos
chimpanzees.” The U.S. is one job. -- Job Insecure greatly increased hence the Avoid rental car damage
of only two countries known to ”supply and demand” scenario. charges by documenting your
still conduct medical research Dear Insecure: Once you vehicle’s condition before and
start your new job, you should Since the year 2000 gold has
with chimpanzees; the other is after you drive it, just in case
Gabon, in Africa. The European increased in value from $300
tell your former colleague, the rental company blames
Union essentially banned such in 2000 and is approaching
including that this information you for somebody else’s dent.
research last year. by Lauran $2,000 today.
is speculative. AARP bulletin, July-August
Neergaard, Associated Press Discussion:
Medical Writer, Dec. 15, 2011 2011
Discussion: Do you agree 1. Is gold a good investment?
Discussion: What should the with the advice? Why or Discussion: Can you name
rules be for using animals in why not? Are there any 2. What are the advantages other ways to save on your
medical research? other ways to deal with this and disadvantages of buying utility bill?
situation? and owning gold?

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What’s the What’s the What’s the

What’s the On what What’s the

What’s the What’s the

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Big Ben Koran Bombay

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Which is Which planet Which river

1961 Vatican Buddha

McDonalds Genoa, ear

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