LEVEL 3 DISCUSSION TOPICS - TOURISM
You often ask me how to prepare to the discussion (task 2, part A). The difficulty in this case lies in finding ad hoc good and interesting arguments for a given topic. The number of topics seems overwhelming, but in fact the list has been published and it includes:
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military training
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everyday life in the military
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addictions
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health and fitness
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customs and traditions
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free time
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food and eating habits
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tourism
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money
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media
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generation issues
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refugees
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city versus country
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rich versus poor
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shopping
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holiday
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environment
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work and employment
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politics
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economics
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education
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international relations
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terrorism and global security
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sport
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family and family life
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means of transport
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travelling
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disasters
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military operations
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crime
So, how to prepare?
Apart from practising speaking, of course, it is a good idea to prepare lists of ideas for different topics. Let us take an example.
LOCAL ECONOMY
1. tourism reduces unemployment
➡by creating new workplaces connected with services, such as hotels, restaurants
➡by the need to improve/develop transport infrastructure and services
2. increased income
➡income of local service providers increases
➡local agriculture, retail shops benefit
➡local companies pay taxes to the state budget
3. infrastructure development
➡roads, hotels, airports, hospitals, sports facilities
are built
INTERCULTURAL UNDERSTANDING
1. culture
➡tourists and local people learn about each other’s cultures
➡increased awareness of similarities and differences of different customs, traditions, religion, etc
➡increased tolerance
2.social benefits
➡local community can be proud and more aware of its culture
➡tourism helps to preserve the local heritage
➡general knowledge is increased (of both tourists and local people)
3. language
➡possibility of using local or foreign languages in real context
➡better communication between different nations and community
THE ENVIRONMENT
1. conservation of the environment
➡protection of wildlife and natural resources, e.g. natural forests as they are tourist attractions
➡financing local preserves, wildlife parks, museums, etc from entrance fees and donations
2. ecotourism
➡promotes eco-friendly entertainment and ways of spending free time
➡promotes contact with unspoilt nature – encouraging its preservation
➡promotes waste sorting and economising on water, energy, etc
Or, it can be done in the form of a sketchnote, which combines text with visualisation of the idea, which is reported to increase the ability to remember by even 80%.
Below you can see my first sketchnote ever in which I tried to present the ideas described above.
Let me know what you think about this form of visualisation.
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Could You give more such examples of discussion?
Would you like me to publish more sample arguments for different topics, like in this post? Or do you mean a sample dialogue?
In my opinion more sample arguments for different topics would be very supportive.
Right, thanks for this comment.It’s very helpful. I will certainly do that. Are there any particular topics you think are more difficult than others?
As far as I am concerned, the issues relating to current situation in the world, for instance, veteran affairs, immigration etc.
Good idea! Thanks!
After reading what preceeded, what seems important for me and also important to active military personnel is just good behaviour.
What do I mean by good behaviour?
It is when in the fields of operations military personnel who are committed to bring peace become out law and rape abuse sexually and physically.
These actions need to be spoken about in appropriate wordings.
Sometimes you have to think out of the normal box and provide additional vocab to readers, wordings about justice vocab would also do.
It’s just my contribution to your painstaking entreprise. And good luck.Matzuk.