The Town Hall

Welcome to The Town Hall. In this Review Lab, you'll pull together everything from Lessons 26 to 30. A simulated town-hall debate: propose a local change, defend it under questioning and vote on outcomes. Take your time, use the language from the unit, and speak in full sentences.

Language from this unit

Quickly revisit any lesson before you start the tasks.

• Lesson 26

  Our Planet

  Environment vocabulary

• Lesson 27

  What If We…

  Mixed conditionals

• Lesson 28

  City Living

  Passive voice

• Lesson 29

  Speak Up

  Argument linkers

• Lesson 30

  Pros & Cons

  Advantages & disadvantages

Speaking tasks

Three short tasks. Use the language from Lessons 26–30.

1. Warm-up (2 min)

   Introduce yourself into the scenario: A simulated town-hall debate: propose a local change, defend it under questioning and vote on outcomes. Say who you are and why you're there.

2. Main task (5–7 min)

   Play the situation. Use at least three items of vocabulary and one grammar structure from this unit. Focus on: Conditionals and Debate.

3. Reflection (2 min)

   Answer: What went well? What language did you use accurately? What would you change next time?

Self-check

Tick what feels solid. Anything unticked? Go back to that lesson.

• Use zero, first, second and mixed conditionals to reason about consequences.
• Argue a position using linkers and discourse markers (however, despite, whereas, nevertheless).
• Describe environmental and social processes with the passive voice.
• Disagree politely, weigh advantages and disadvantages, and persuade an audience.