18 Role-play

TOPIC: Should we turn museums into glitzy consumer complexes?

Participants	Participants	The Chairperson
Team 1 - "advocates" "Advocates" support the idea. Think of the arguments and reasons in terms of education, entertainment and economy.	Team 2 - "purists" "Purists" oppose the idea. Think of the arguments and reasons in terms of education, entertainment and economy.	- runs the discussion - reports to the class on the discussion ( or sums up the opinions and ideas expressed)

!!! Strategy Point – exchanging views

• You are expected to exchange your own views on the topic, i.e. to express and justify your own views, not simply repeat information prepared.

• Remember to use the rule of turn-taking:

  • no two speakers should be speaking at once or for any sustained period of time

  • long silences are to be avoided

  • listen when other speakers are speaking

  • recognizing the appropriate moment to get a turn

  • signaling the fact that you want to speak

  • holding the floor while you have your turn

  • recognizing when other speakers are signaling their wish to speak

  • yielding the turn

  • signaling the fact that you are listening

• Think critically while being exposed to other viewpoints.

• You will need Useful Language to gain the floor and switch the topic, to express all shades of opinion: agreement, disagreement; to give explanations, to make suggestions, to ask and answer questions, sometimes "awkward" ones, to report ideas. You will have to interrupt and to be interrupted.

Expressing critical evaluation -

I think you are right about...

You are quite right when you say... / I'm not sure I accept your point about...

I'm not sure I'm convinced by your argument that...

I don't agree with you about... / I can't accept your idea that...

I’m afraid you don't produce any evidence for your claim that..

• Enter the sites of some museums and study their way to attract more visitors.

www.nationalgalley.org.uk www.hrp.org.uk

www.museum.ru/gmii www.tretyakovgallery.ru

www.vam.ac.uk www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk

Getting ready for the debates, put down your arguments.

Arguments "for"

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Arguments "against"

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