AMNESTY

Aim: a speaking activity with emphasis on oral fluency; student gives reasons for releasing people from prison
Language point: lexical chunks to give reasons


Stage One

NEW PRESIDENT OFFERS AMNESTY! A new president has been elected and as a gesture of goodwill wants to release some prisoners. She has called ameeting of her advisors to decide which prisoners should be released. The president has provided each group of advisors with a list of potential prisoners. She wants her advisors to recommend which SIX prisoners should be released from jail.


In view of the fact…
The main reason why..
Due to…
Seeing as how…



… Because of this…
… On account of this…
… That’s the reason why…