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ESL Conversation Questions - Weddings * betterclass

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Engage with ESL questions on weddings, from attire and traditions to societal impacts, suitable for learners at all levels.

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STUDENT A's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to Student B.)

(1)

What springs to mind when you hear the word 'weddings'?

(2)

Are weddings important?

(3)

What kind of weddings do you think are best?

(4)

Do you wish you could go to more weddings?

(5)

Why do many people not like weddings?

(6)

Do you think it's easy or difficult to plan your own wedding?

(7)

What's the best and worst wedding you've ever been to?

(8)

What are the best and worst things about weddings?

(9)

Do you think weddings in other countries are better than those in your country?

(10)

Do you think your wedding is the happiest day of your life?

STUDENT B's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to Student A.)

(2)

What kind of wedding would you like (have liked)?

(3)

Which celebrity wedding would you really like to go to?

(4)

What do you think of royal weddings?

(5)

What do people getting married in your culture promise each other in a wedding?

(6)

In your country, do people have to invite people they don't like to their wedding?

(7)

What is the best part of a wedding: the ceremony, the vows, or the reception?

(8)

Do you think that one day, weddings will become a thing of the past?

(9)

What do you think of alternative weddings such as underwater weddings or weddings on the wing of a flying airplane?

(10)

What three adjectives would you use to describe weddings?

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STUDENT A's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to Student B.) (1) What springs to mind when you hear the word 'weddings'? (2) Are weddings important? (3) What kind of weddings do you think are best? (4) Do you wish you could go to more weddings? (5) Why do many people not like weddings?

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Four Weddings and a Funeral (11/12) Movie CLIP - David Objects (1994) HD

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Would you ban this Zola  Advert? Easy Wedding Planning (2019)

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Zola is a female-led online wedding registry, wedding planner, and retailer. This ad is one from a series of six, which feature several configurations of couples, all offering variations on the same concept: While standing at the altar, couples ponder whether guests would have arrived on time and bought them better gifts if only they had created a custom wedding website with Zola. This clip caused controversy, because the Hallmark channel pulled it, after complaints from One Million Moms (OMM, that's right - they are still here). In a comment, Hallmark said the channel did not accept ads “that are deemed controversial,” and that the women’s “public displays of affection” violated the channel’s policies. They declined to comment on why a nearly identical ad featuring a bride and groom kissing was not rejected. OMM: “Why would you show a lesbian wedding commercial on the Hallmark Channel? Hallmark movies are family friendly, and you ruined it with the commercial.” The good thing is that boycotts and complaints from the likes of OMM always reflect positively on the brand! (remember JC Penney and Ellen?) UPDATE December 15, '19: just days after pulling the ad, Hallmark President and CEO Mike Perry released a statement apologizing and reversing the company's decision, saying, "The team has been agonizing over this decision as we've seen the hurt it has unintentionally caused. Said simply, they believe this was the wrong decision." OMM characterized the Hallmark Channel’s reversal on airing an ad with a lesbian wedding as part of “the war for the soul of man.” Second UPDATE Jan 22, '20: CEO Bill Abbott of the Hallmark Channel’s parent company Crown Media Family Networks resigned, weeks after the controversy over these commercials.In November Abbott had said the Hallmark Channel would be open to LGBTQ-friendly programming. Note: the backlash over Hallmark Channel’s handling of the ad came during the holiday season, when it normally enjoys its highest ratings of the year. In the week before Christmas, immediately after the controversy, the network drew an average of 1.7 million viewers, down from about two million in 2018, according to Nielsen data. And there you have it.