Growing up - Discussion

C2 Proficiency · Speaking Discussion · Cambridge Ready original exercise

Discuss some broader questions on the same theme with your partner and the examiner for about four minutes, giving and developing your opinions.

Growing up

What do you think?

Do you agree?

How about you?

Why do you think childhood is so often described as the happiest time of life?

Are young people today under more pressure than previous generations? (Why? / Why not?)

To what extent should teenagers be allowed to make their own mistakes?

How has technology changed the experience of growing up?

What can adults learn from the way children see the world?

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