Mission: Defend a Position

Lesson map

• ●🏁 StartEnter a debate mission: choose a position, understand the audience and define the claim you will defend.
• ○📚 VocabularyReview C1 language for claims, evidence, concessions, rebuttals and qualification.
• ○🧠 GrammarIntegrate discourse markers, emphasis and hedging into one persuasive argument.
• ○🎧 ListeningListen to speakers defend positions and respond to challenges.
• ○✏️ ExercisesPractise choosing the right level of emphasis, certainty and rebuttal.
• ○📖 ReadingRead three argumentative texts and analyse structure, emphasis and qualification.
• ○🎙 SpeakingDefend a position, answer objections and reformulate when challenged.
• ○✍️ WritingWrite a structured position statement with evidence, concession and calibrated claims.
• ○✅ ReviewReview how well you controlled argument, emphasis and hedging across all skills.