Which Level Are You At? Mook and the Debate Club
One story · four scenes · 24 gaps · grammar in context, from a school debate to a lecture on disagreeing well
How it works. Read the story from the beginning. At each numbered gap, choose the word or phrase that fits the meaning of the story, not just the sentence. The scenes become harder as the story goes on. Answer every gap you can, then press See My Level.
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Scene 1 · Wednesday Afternoons
Level band 1 · Beginning–Low Intermediate (A1–A2)Mook is a student at a big school in Korat. She is than most of her classmates, but she is not shy. There twelve students in the school debate club, and every week they talk a different topic.
Today’s topic is “Should students wear school uniforms?” Mook thinks they . She stands up and speaks . Her team wins, and the teacher them a small trophy.
Scene 2 · The National Competition
Level band 2 · Intermediate (B1)Mook has been in the club she was thirteen. Last term her team was chosen to the province at the national competition. a strong argument takes a lot of research, so the team read newspapers and reports every evening.
Their coach told Mook that she listen more carefully to the other team. They practised every day, they still lost in the semi-final. Mook was disappointed, but she was proud of her team had achieved.
Scene 3 · An Essay for the School Magazine
Level band 3 · High Intermediate (B2)Why Debate Belongs in Every School
with a strong opponent, students learn to think quickly and clearly. It is also important that they learn to disagree without personal. The skills that debaters develop are that employers value most.
Debate is a game nor a fight; it is a way of thinking together. Teachers report that students who debate are less likely misinformation online. Yet, as far as I know, no other school in our district a debate club yet.
Scene 4 · A Lecture on Disagreeing Well
Level band 4 · Advanced (C1)Fifteen years later, Mook, now a lecturer in communication, gave a public lecture in Bangkok.
“Rarely a society so in need of citizens who can disagree well. The more divided a society becomes, it needs spaces for reasoned argument. we to remove debate from our schools, we would lose one of our best defences against propaganda.
Young people should be taught not only what to think how to think. It is through disagreement, it is handled with respect, that understanding grows. Only if we learn to argue without hatred truly secure.”
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