LISTENING & WRITING SKILLS

LISTEN TO THE VIDEO AND WRITE YOUR OWN OPINION ABOUT

THE POSITION OF THE SPEAKER (SIR KEN ROBINSON ) ABOUT
EDUCATION REVOLUTION.

DO YOU AGREE OR YOU DO NOT AGREE OR PARTLY AGREE?

SUPPORT YOUR OPINION WITH REASONS!

Your opinion must be stated clearly and supported
by reasons. You should also present the
opposing viewpoints in a separate paragraph.
 An opinion essay should consist of:
Introduction
Introduces the subject and states your opinion clearly.

Main Body
❖Consists of two or more paragraphs. Each viewpoint supported
by reasons, should be presented in a separate paragraph.
❖The opposing viewpoint is mentioned in a new paragraph.

Conclusion
Sums up your viewpoint and restates the opinion using different
words.
It seems to me that ...
It is claimed that ...
In my opinion, ...
I must admit that ...
I am of the opinion that
I cannot deny that ...
.../ I take the view that ..
I can imagine that ...
My personal view is that ...
I think/believe/suppose ...
In my experience ...
Personally, I think ...
As far as I understand /
That is why I think ...
can see, ...
I am sure/certain/convinced
As I see it, ... / From my
that ...
point of view ...
I am not sure/certain, but
As far as I know ... / From
...
what I know ...
I am not sure, because I
I might be wrong but ...
don't know the situation
If I am not mistaken ...
exactly.
I believe one can (safely)
I am not convinced that ...
say ...
The fact is that
The (main) point is that ...
This proves that ...
What it comes down to is
that ...
It is obvious that ...
It is certain that ...
One can say that ...
It is clear that ...
There is no doubt that ...
There are many reasons for
...
There is no doubt about it
that ...
I simply must agree with
that.
I am of the same opinion.
I am of the same opinion as
the author.
I completely/absolutely
agree with the author.

It is only partly true
that...
I can agree with that only
with reservations.
That seems obvious, but ...
That is not necessarily so.
It is not as simple as it
seems.
Under certain circumstances
...
There is more to it than that.
The problem is that ...
I (very much) doubt whether
This is in complete
contradiction to ...
What is even worse, ...
I am of a different opinion
because ...
I cannot share this / that /
the view.
I cannot agree with this idea.
What I object to is ...
Unlike the author I think ...