ESL Project
Global and Social Issues / Controversial Issues
FOR OR AGAINST?
ABORTION DEATH PENALTY
CENSORSHIP
STEM CELL RESEARCH
EUTHANASIA
HUMAN CLONING
LEGALISING DRUGS
UNIVERSITY ENTRANCE EXAMS
HOMESCHOOLING
ALLOWING REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS TO ENTER THE EU FREELY
THIRD WORLD DEBT CANCELLATION
SURVELLIANCE CAMERAS IN PUBLIC PLACES
TEENAGERS IN SOCIAL NETWORKS
GAY MARRIAGES and ADOPTION
SHOULD IT BE ALLOWED / BANNED?
BULLFIGHTING
PROSTUTION
DESIGNER BABIES
ANIMAL TESTING
SELLING HUMAN ORGANS
CHANGING SEX
SMOKING
HUNTING
SOAP OPERAS
REALITY SHOWS
BINGE DRINKING (botellón)
GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOOD
ANALYSE / DISCUSS:
GAY RIGHTS
ARMS DEALING
TERRORISM
DICTATORSHIP
GLOBALIZATION
UNEMPLOYMENT
HOMELESSNESS
POVERTY
AIDS
DRUGS
RACISM
BULLYING
CHILD LABOURCHILD ABUSE
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
ADDICTIONS (drugs, alcohol, internet, videogames…)
HEALTH SERVICE AND HEALTH INSURANCE
GENETIC ENGINEERING
CLIMATE CHANGE
POLLUTION
FOSSIL FUELS / RENEWABLE ENERGIES
WASTE MANAGEMENT AND LANDFILLS
ZERO WASTE LIFESTYLE
THE 3 (4, 5, 6…) Rs
RECYCLING AND COMPOSTINGDEFORESTATION
ENDANGERED SPECIES
VACCINES
VOTING RIGHTS
DRINKING AGE
VEGANISM
GOING TO UNIVERSITY: IS IT WORTH IT?
FEMINISM / FEMINAZISM / MASCULINISM
SEPARATISM
TECHNOLOGY
YOUR PROJECT:
Choose one of the topics above or a different issue you would like to talk about.
Think about how to introduce the issue offering clear information about it:
- What is the topic/issue?
- Some examples of this topic, or its history.
- Find something controversial* about it (an idea, a real situation, a
possible solution…) of that issue about which different people may have different opinions.
- Explain your own point of view about that controversial situation and give three strong reasons why you believe what you believe.
- Find images (pictures, charts, infographics…), videos, songs… that can illustrate what you are explaining.
- Make a list of the key words you need to talk about that problem.
- Think about one or more questions that you could ask your classmates to help them express their opinions.
What is a controversial issue?
A few weeks ago, in Nanaimo, a judge ordered a husband and wife to pay $48,000 in damages because their 14-year-old son had played a joke at school by activating the fire alarms and sprinklers, and causing damages to the school. Some people believed this was unfair to the parents; after all, they did not do anything wrong. Other people believed this was fair; they said it was the parents’ responsibility for the boy’s action.
What is your opinión about this. Think of three reasons to support your opinion.
