Lesson 9: Ethics and Morality — Dilemmas
Practice your English on the topic of ethical and moral dilemmas, with a focus on nuanced expression, idioms, passive voice, and reported speech.
About this lesson
In this lesson, you will develop the language skills needed to discuss abstract topics such as ethics and moral dilemmas. You will practise the passive voice and reported speech to accurately retell opinions and news events. You will acquire key idioms and collocations that add nuance and persuasiveness to debates. The lesson prepares you to argue a position confidently and to recognise bias in other people's arguments.
40 minutes
What you'll learn
- Distinguishing nuances in expression when discussing ethical topics
- Using the passive voice for formal statements and news reporting
- Reporting opinions and statements using reported speech
- Applying idioms and collocations in argumentation
- Arguing a position using vocabulary appropriate to ethics and morality