DISTINGUISHING OPINIONS FROM FACTS

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DISTINGUISHING OPINIONS FROM FACTS
Instructor Nguy?n Ng?c Vu Presenters Tr?n
Thúy My Nguy?n H?ng Ng?c
Thúy Class 3C04
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CONTENTS

• Pre-speaking Warm-up activity
• While speaking Distinguishing opinions from
  facts
• Definition
• Common expressions
• Examples
• Practice
• Post-speaking Application in real life
  conversations

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Warm-up class activity

• Instructions
• Students get into groups of three or four to play
  an interesting game.
• This game consists of 5 riddles which require
  students to think wisely and logically in order
  to get the correct answer.

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• Rules
• Students in the same group think of the answer
  together and one student will raise his hand to
  be allowed to answer in front of the other
  groups.
• The group which raises its hand first will have
  the priority to give the answer first.
• If that group does not have a correct answer, the
  other groups will have the chance to answer the
  question again.

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• Each question only receives 2 possible answers.
• If the first group gets the correct answer, it
  will score 100 points for each question.
• If the first group fails to get the right answer
  and the second group can answer the question
  correctly, the second group will score 50 points
  for that question.
• After that, the game will moves on with the next
  question.

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• The game will stop when all the 6 riddles are
  given feedback from the teacher and which group
  has the highest score will be the winner and
  receive a beautiful gift.
• The most important thing is that each group when
  giving the answer has to use one of the patterns
  below
• We think that
• We feel that
• In our opinion
• In our view

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RIDDLE 1

• If you were standing directly on Antarctica's
  South Pole facing north, which direction would
  you travel if you took one step backward?
• Answer
• Still traveling North because all directions
  are North in the South.

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RIDDLE 2

• There is a word in the English language in
  which the first two letters signify a man, the
  first three signify a woman, the first four
  signify a great man, and the whole word
  represents a great woman. What is the word?
• Answer
• Heroine.

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RIDDLE 3

• They have not flesh, nor feathers, nor scales,
  nor bone. Yet they have fingers and thumbs of
  their own. What are they?
• Answer
• Gloves.

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RIDDLE 4

• Can you name three consecutive days without using
  the words Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday,
  Friday, Saturday, or Sunday?
• Answer
• Yesterday, today and tomorrow.

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RIDDLE 5

• I'm as small as an ant, as big as a whale.
  I'll approach like a breeze, but can come like a
  gale. By some I get hit, but all have shown fear.
  I'll dance to the music, though I can't hear. Of
  names I have many, of names I have one. I'm as
  slow as a snail, but from me you can't run. What
  am I?
• Answer
• I am a shadow.

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CONCLUSION OF THE ACTIVITY

• What the students have just done has a particular
  purpose. That is to take the first step to
  approach the way of expressing opinions, ideas,
  points of view subjectively. It is rather
  different from the way to say a fact.
• So what is an opinion and what is a fact?
• And how do they differ from each other?

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Distinguishing opinions from facts
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DEFINITION

• Facts
• Reflect truth, accuracy.
• Are objective.
• Are reliable sources of information.

• Opinions
• Are personal beliefs or judgment.
• Are not objective.

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COMMON EXPRESSIONS

• OPINIONS
• I (dont) think that
• I (dont) feel that
• In my opinion
• In my view
• It seems to me that
• Personally, I (dont) think
• I (dont) believe that

• FACTS
• According to the latest statistics,
• Research findings prove that
• The news said that
• Research studies have shown that
• The local authorities said that

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EXAMPLES

• Facts
• According to official statistics, children in
  remote areas need more schools and textbooks.
• Opinions
• I think that the people living in the
  flood-affected areas need more help from charity
  organizations.

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PRACTICE

• Students work in pairs, practice the above
  common expressions as much as possible by talking
  about one of the following topics
• Helping people in need.
• Participating in a charity organization.
• Donating blood.
• Joining the Green Voluntary Movements in Vietnam.

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APPLICATION IN REAL LIFE CONVERSATIONS

• Students will watch a video clip and discuss
  what they hear with each other in pairs to point
  out what expressions are used by the speakers and
  the reason for using those expressions.

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