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Poles apart

  • How do you react to the video you’ve just seen? What do you think it’s trying to say?
  • What did you do at Christmas? Who did youspend the holiday period with? Do you think it’s important for people to spend Christmas with their family?
  • Christmas means different things to different people. How important to you are the following things at Christmas time?
  • > Being with family 
    > Having a break from work/university 
    > Having the opportunity to travel
    > Food and drink
    > Giving and receiving presents
    .
  • What’s the best way to learn a language? Do you think it’s possible to teach yourself a language, like the grandfather in the video, or is it better to have classes with a teacher?
  • Why are you learning English? Are your reasons mainly positive (e.g. you want to be able to communicate with more people), or mainly negative (e.g. you feel pressured)?
  • Why do people decide to emigrate to other countries? Do you know anyone in your family or circle of friends who lives, or has lived, in another country?
  • Would you ever consider emigrating to a different country? Which country would you choose? If you did emigrate, what do you think you would miss the most about life back home?
  • “People should stay and live where they were born.” What do you think of this opinion?
  • What are the biggest challenges that immigrants face when they begin a new life in a different country?

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