## Step 5 - Speaking

#### Talking about health

Choose five questions to discuss in your group.
Look at the tips before you start the discussion.

1. What are some things people can do to keep healthy?
2. What are the most damaging things to people’s health?
3. What are the benefits of a healthy lifestyle?
4. If you were the leader of your country, what would you do to improve health care?
5. What do you think about natural remedies and alternative medicine?
6. Have you heard of the expression “you are what you eat”?
7. What health problems do you worry about most?
8. What do you think is the most serious health problem in your country?
9. Do you think traditional therapies are compatible with modern medicine?
10. Why do you think diseases like cancer are increasing?

    Tips for discussion
    Discussions with classmates are conversations that involve every student in the group/class and require them to use their knowledge of a topic to participate thoughtfully.
    Discussies met klasgenoten zijn gesprekken waarbij elke leerling in de groep / klas betrokken is en van hen wordt verwacht dat ze hun kennis van een onderwerp zorgvuldig gebruiken.

- Speak with confidence.
  Make eye contact with your classmates. You have to speak clearly, loudly and slowly.
  Spreek met vertrouwen.
  Maak oogcontact met je klasgenoten. Je moet duidelijk, luid en langzaam spreken.
- Listen carefully and respectfully.
  Listening is an incredibly important aspect of class discussion.
  You shouldn't expect to speak all time.
  Ask questions. It shows you are listening and you are interested.
  Luister aandachtig en respectvol.
  Luisteren is een ongelooflijk belangrijk aspect van de klassendiscussie. Er wordt niet van je verwacht dat je de hele tijd spreekt! Stel vragen. ​Het laat zien dat je luistert en dat je geïnteresseerd bent.
- Expressing your point of view.
  How do you participate? How do you defend an argument?
  Developing speaking skills will enable you to express your opinion.
  The reading, listening, vocabulary assignments you have done in this block are very helpful.
  Je mening uiten.
  Hoe doe je mee? Hoe verdedig je een argument? Door spreekvaardigheid te ontwikkelen, kun je je mening geven. De lees-, luister-, woordenschatopdrachten die je in dit blok hebt gedaan, zijn erg handig en nuttig.
- Timing.
  If you think of something to say, but the timing isn't quite right, please write it down. You may be able to bring it up later.
  Timing.
  Als je iets te zeggen hebt, maar de timing is niet helemaal goed, schrijf het dan op.
  Mogelijk kun je het later opnieuw ter sprake brengen.

The more you practice talking together or discussing about the themes, the easier it will get!
Hoe meer je oefent om samen te praten of over de thema's te discussiëren, hoe gemakkelijker het wordt!