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- Greg Malivuk
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- counterargument = an argument against something
- If you are writing about why tattoos are good, a counterargument is an argument about why they are bad.
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- With your partners, make a list of reasons why you shouldn't study English. (Maybe they are not your ideas, but imagine someone else who doesn't like English.)
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- brainstorming = coming up with many ideas about something (don't worry if they're good ideas or bad ideas, just write everything you think of)
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- I hate British people.
- When I go back to my country, I will forget English.
- Spanish is better than English because a lot of countries use Spanish.
- I'm not smart enough to learn English.
- (for learning)
- I can speak a lot of languages, I don't need English.
- I have a translator machine.
- We don't want to lose the importance of our language.
- We don't need to study English because we already have work in our language.
- We tried to study Spanish and we don't want to be confused.
- We don't want to spend our money or time.
- English is too difficult.
- I can speak Spanish with a lot of people and I don't need English.
- I don't need to learn English because all my life is in Mexico (friends and family and work). I don't need anything and I don't want to learn English.
- English has different letters than my language.
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- With your new group, choose the three strongest reasons from the list above.
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- Spanish is better than English.
- I have a translator machine.
- I don't need to learn English because my life is in my country
- I have a translator machine.
- We don't want to lose the importance of our own language.
- I can speak a lot of languages, so I don't need English.
- English is too difficult.
- Spanish is better than English.
- I am rich.
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