-First start the class with some photos from the power point (life skills) -Ask the students to give you an example of educational achievements and life skills necessary in today's world -Give them 2 minutes to make a list of these skills in pairs -ask a student from each pair to go to another pair and check if they have different answers. -ask one or two student in class to give you some examples

-stick two approval and disapproval signs on top left and top right side of WB -ask students "Do you think people are more knowledgeable than the past?" -they will give you some answers, probably yes/no -give them two arguments on two pieces of paper including two sides of an argument to work in pairs. -ask them to read their text in 30 seconds -ask them to talk about their reaction to what they have just read -ask one pair to stick their text on the board one for approval and the other for disapproval -They might be able to understand the meaning of "dumbing down" and "clevering up" at this stage!

-write these questions on the board: 1. Who starts the discussion, the man or the woman? 2. What are they talking about? 3. Who concedes the other might be right? -Tell them they are going to listen to two conversations and answer the questions on the board -after they have listened, they will check in pairs -have them answer the questions in class -Ask them to listen again

-show the second pp slide including two sentences from the listening (p.110) -ask the students "which phrase indicates that the speaker is conceding a point to other speakers. -underline it on the board -now go to the next slide and ask the students to make phrases with a similar meaning to the phrase above by completing them with a word from the box -ask them to do and check in pairs -for the answers go to the next slide -ask them what we use these phrases for (concept check) -Do you use it when you agree/disagree..?

-show the next slide including two arguments for a topic -ask them if they can come up with a reason why academic qualification is the key? and another reason for why the best education is experience -give each student some cards with a topic -give them 2 minutes to think about other reasons -divide the class in two groups -half of the class with the same topic sit in a group each other and the rest sit in another group -if the class is too big they could sit in four groups -now they must take turn and give their opinion to each other -one student from each group will talk, another student from another group will reply -they continue the argument for 5 minutes -

-While students are talking in groups, take notes of any errors they make -FB: ask a few students to talk about the reasons they heard and liked in their groups -write the errors on the board (DEC) -ask the students to do the correction