Talk about the pros and cons of online higher education programs.
You can use the following questions as cues:
* What are the benefits of online higher education programs?
* What are the drawbacks of online higher education programs?
* Would you choose an online higher education course after leaving school?
Useful languages:
Complete the notes:
Now you try!
Give your answer using the following cues. You should speak for 1-2 minutes.
1. Taking an online course seems to have some advantages ...
2. However, there can be certain drawbacks to online higher education programs in comparison with traditional classroom education. First, ... Second, ...
3. Personally, I would like to choose ... because ...
Now you tick!
Did you ...
- answer all the questions in the task?
- give some details to each main point?
- speak slowly and fluently with only some hesitation?
- use vocabulary wide enough to talk about the topic?
- use various sentence structures (simple, compound, complex) accurately?
- pronounce correctly (vowels, consonants, stress, intonation)?
Let’s compare!
Finally, compare with the sample answer on page 153.
