Radio and Television.

Love and Marriage. Family Matters.

Courts and Trial.

War and Peace.

Ways of Learning.

What are the rules for using your brain more effectively? Are men and women’s thought processes different? Is there any real difference in male and female levels of intelligence? Does success in studying depend on how clever you are or on your organisation of time? Have you learned to manage you study time? Are you primarily a left-brain or right-brain learner? What are the ways you prefer to learn: do you have visual preferences, auditory preferences or tactile preferences? Does a better understanding of yourself as a learner can help you determine some of the ways you are best able to learn?

What are the most common causes of war? Do you believe that aggression and violence are innate in men? In what way has war changed through the ages? In what way has the depiction of war in art changed through the ages? What were the origins of the Cold War? Has the United Nations been successful in preserving world peace and solving major problems facing the world: proliferation, terrorism?

Why does a person become a criminal? Does the environment help to create the criminal? What are the most common criminal offences and civil offences? Which are most common in Belarus? “Crime doesn’t pay” is a well-known English saying. Can you think of any news stories that either prove or disprove this saying? Which aspects of the law seem unsatisfactory to you? Comment on the saying “The Punishment should fit the crime”. Can you think of court cases where the law has been unjust? What is your attitude to capital punishment? In which ways is the mentality of a criminal different from that of ordinary people? What are the causes of juvenile delinquency? What is the way to combat juvenile delinquency?

Are you a romantic person? Do you believe in love? What types of love do you know about? Do dating customs differ in different countries? At what age is it customary for people to get married? What are the alternatives to marriage? What are the advantages or disadvantages of cohabiting relationships? Why do marriages break down? What are the rules for a happy marriage? Family life is less important in the modern world than it was in the past. Do you agree?

Why cannot we do without radio and television? What TV / radio programmes do you like / dislike? What qualities do you look for in a TV programme? What genres dominate prime-time viewing? Why are soap operas so popular? What is your attitude to TV commercials? Does television have negative influence on children, on family life? What advantages, if any, does television have over radio? Why do people prefer watching television to going to the cinema?

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