POLITICAL SYSTEMS
Matching Exercise
Match each response with the correct conversational function.
1. If politicians can be removed by voters, they have a strong reason to respond to public opinion.
2. I agree that political accountability is extremely important.
3. What do you think is the best form of political system?
4. But wouldn't giving elected politicians more power sometimes make it easier for them to make difficult decisions?
5. I believe democracy is preferable because citizens have the opportunity to influence their government.
6. When you say "democracy", do you mean direct democracy or representative democracy?
7. That's a complicated question, and I don't think there's a simple answer.
8. A possible alternative would be to combine representative government with more opportunities for citizens to participate directly.
9. I don't agree that elections alone guarantee a genuinely democratic system.
10. Political systems can be compared in terms of representation, accountability, stability, participation and the distribution of power.
Possible answers:
1. Logical argument
2. Agreeing
3. Asking someone for their opinion about a topic
4. Countering
5. Giving your opinion about a topic
6. Clarification
7. Delaying strategies
8. Expressing solutions and alternatives
9. Disagreeing
10. Presenting a number of arguments