25. TRAVEL
Match the statements with their functions
Read each statement and choose the function it performs in a discussion.
1. When you say "travel", do you mean holidays or travelling for work and study as well?
2. I think independent travel can teach people a great deal about other cultures and about themselves.
3. Travel can expose people to different languages, cultures, lifestyles, food, landscapes and ways of thinking.
4. If people experience ways of life that are different from their own, they may become more aware that their own customs are not universal.
5. Yes, I agree that travelling can broaden people's horizons.
6. What do you think people learn from travelling?
7. People who cannot travel could explore other cultures through language exchanges, international events and online communication.
8. That's something I've never really thought about. Give me a moment.
9. I'm not sure I agree that travelling automatically makes people more open-minded.
10. But if you spend time living in another culture, doesn't that at least give you an opportunity to question your assumptions?
Possible answers
- Clarification
- Giving your opinion about a topic
- Presenting a number of arguments
- Logical argument
- Agreeing
- Asking someone for their opinion about a topic
- Expressing solutions and alternatives
- Delaying strategies
- Disagreeing
- Countering