This document discusses practicing speaking and listening skills around controversial topics. It provides vocabulary words related to forms of government and political beliefs. Students are instructed to define each vocabulary word and then listen to conversations to identify which words define different political positions on a continuum from radical to conservative.

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Controversial
Issues
Good morning!

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• Discuss controversial topics
Identify vocabulary and practice speaking.
• Bring up a controversial topic
Identify vocabulary and practice listening
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4/17Activity: Speaking. Give a definition for each of the following words.
Read and listen to the conversation and answer the questions.
Do you like politics?
a government
politics
a constitution
an election
vote
campaign
a democracy
a monarchy
a dictatorship
a constitutional
monarchy
Controversial
Issues

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4/17Activity: Speaking and listening. Look at the words inside the arrow.
Try to deduce the meaning of the words. Listen to the conversations
and identify what words define the people.
A continuum of political and social beliefs.
Bring up a
controversial topic
radical liberal moderate conservative
reactionary