23. Traditions

Matching Exercise
Match each statement with its function.

1. When you say "tradition", do you mean family traditions as well as national customs?

2. I think traditions are valuable when people are free to choose whether to follow them.

3. Traditions can preserve history, strengthen communities, provide continuity and give people a sense of identity.

4. If a tradition continues to serve a useful social purpose, there is a reasonable argument for preserving it.

5. I don't agree that a tradition should be preserved simply because it is old.

6. I'm not sure. I think it depends on the particular tradition.

7. What do you think is the value of traditional customs?

8. But couldn't abandoning a tradition too quickly mean losing something that gives a community its identity?

9. Perhaps traditions could be adapted to modern circumstances rather than simply abandoned.

10. Yes, I agree that traditions can help connect generations.

1. Clarification

2. Giving your opinion about a topic

3. Presenting a number of arguments

4. Logical argument

5. Disagreeing

6. Delaying strategies

7. Asking someone for their opinion about a topic

8. Countering

9. Expressing solutions and alternatives

10. Agreeing