WHAT'S INSIDE
- Real-World Context: Explore how governments try to influence personal behaviour through public health laws, using the UK smoking ban as a real-life case study of freedom vs protection.
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Critical Thinking Warm-Up: Engage in opinion-based discussion about controversial lifestyle laws, debating whether governments should protect people from themselves or respect individual freedom.
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Video Comprehension: Watch a BBC News report on the UK smoking ban and identify the key rules, target groups, and long-term aims of the “rolling” age restriction system.
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Vocabulary in Context: Analyse opinion statements and infer the meaning of advanced idiomatic expressions such as crack down on, a slippery slope, take a toll on, etc and rewrite ideas using target vocabulary.
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Speaker Analysis & Interpretation: Decide who would most likely say each opinion (e.g. politician, doctor, smoker, influencer) and justify your reasoning
- Fluency Building: Take part in roleplays and debates where students adopt different real-life perspectives (e.g. politician, doctor, parent, industry representative) to discuss public health laws using target language to argue for and against them.
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