This World of Ours: Issues and Aspects of Mass Culture for Advanced Students of English

By Stanley Frank

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This World of Ours is a dynamic collection of photocopiable activities designed for advanced ESL/EFL learners who are ready to engage with complex issues, contemporary culture, and real-world problem solving. Each activity centers on a topic drawn from modern life--love and relationships, censorship, media influence, health, trends, conflict, ethics, and everyday dilemmas from across the globe. The tasks are open-ended, discussion-driven, and designed to stimulate thoughtful debate, collaborative analysis, and authentic communication.

Students work in pairs and small groups to explore scenarios, consider multiple viewpoints, propose solutions, or engage in structured argumentation. These activities encourage learners to bring their own experiences and cultural backgrounds into the conversation, making each class uniquely rich and meaningful. By grappling with real-life issues, students develop the critical thinking skills, persuasive language, negotiation skills, and listening accuracy required for high-level communicative competence.

Because each activity stands alone, teachers can choose any topic in any order, making the book ideal for busy instructors who need flexible, plug-and-play speaking and listening lessons. The tasks adapt easily to conversation classes, integrated-skills courses, advanced oral communication programs, or themed units on media, culture, society, or global citizenship.

This World of Ours helps learners step into authentic discourse--expressing opinions, evaluating ideas, and practicing the language of analysis and collaboration in a way that mirrors real communication in English-speaking environments.

FeaturesFocus on contemporary issues, life challenges, and cultural topics relevant around the world.Encourages pair and small-group collaboration for problem solving and structured discussion.Topics include censorship, love and relationships, TV and movies, health, and other modern-day themes.Flexible, non-sequential format--activities can be used in any order.Ideal for speaking and listening classes, debate units, and advanced oral communication courses.Promotes critical thinking, persuasive speaking, collaborative decision-making, and viewpoint analysis.High-interest content that sparks lively, meaningful conversation.Sample MaterialsDownload the table of contents and six sample activities at https: //www.prolingualearning.com/Similar Pro Lingua Learning TitlesIn My OpinionSurveys for ConversationConversation InspirationsReal Life Stories for Interactive Telling and Listening

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 086647191X
• ISBN13: 9780866471916
• Release Date: February 2005
• Publisher: Pro Lingua Learning
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.5" x 11.0"
• Age Range: 15 years and up
• Grade Range: Grades 9 to 12