DEBATE CLUB: mardi 25 mai 2021 - Is Family Time Together a Thing of the Past?
With everything that has happened in the last year, have you spent more or less time with your family? What has become of “family time”? Come to tonight’s Debate Club and talk about this with the others!
With everything that has happened in the last year, have you spent more or less time with your family? What has become of “family time”? Come to tonight’s Debate Club and talk about this with the others!
VENEZ NOUS REJOINDRE POUR PARLER DE CE THÈME !
C'est l'occasion rêvée pour pratiquer votre anglais dans une ambiance détendue. Animées par des professeurs qualifiés de langue maternelle anglaise, les séances de conversation du Debate Club sont conviviales, engageantes et efficaces !
DATE / LEVELS
- Tuesday, May 25th, 2021
- Intermediate to Advanced
TIME / VENUE
- From 19h00 to 20h30
- Aix and Marseille
TEACHERS
- James Rice (Aix)
- Clifford Gee (Marseille)
QUESTIONS FOR DEBATE
How much more time now do you spend watching films together?
What home activities have increased as a result of the crisis such as board games?
How much closer do you feel to your partner or family? Have ties been strengthened?
How much more time have you or your family spent on social media? Is it a good or bad thing?
What family problems have you encountered during the crisis?
If you have children, how have they coped with home learning?
If you are a parent, in what ways has home learning become a burden?
How important has it become to get out of the house and do outdoor activities as a family?
What have you learnt about members of your family since the beginning of the crisis?
What long term benefits do you perceive for your family relationships?
How difficult do you think it will be to maintain these new family ties?
What for you is the best thing to come out of this?
VOCABULARY
benefits (n)board games
bond (v)
burden (n)
card games
closer
come out of (v)
cope with (v)
crisis
disagreements
encounter (v)
family ties
family time
get out (v)
home time
links
long term
maintain (v)
outdoor activities
perceive (v)
pros & cons
relationships
social media
strengthen ties (v exp)
video games
SEARCH THE WEB FOR IDEAS!
Find articles and/or videos on the web and come prepared to share the information you have found with the others.
SUGGESTED SEARCH WORDS FOR THIS SUBJECT
distance learningfamily life under Covid
family relationships
social media & Covid
SUGGESTED WEBSITES FOR MATERIALS
https://www.bbc.co.uk/
https://www.youtube.com/?gl=GB
www.guardian.co.uk
www.independent.co.uk
www.nytimes.com
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