Creativity

C2 Proficiency · Speaking Long Turn · Cambridge Ready original exercise

Speak on your own for about two minutes in answer to the question on your card, using the ideas if they help. Then answer a short question about what your partner said.

Take about two minutes, and then we'll all discuss it.

You're going first. This card has a question for you to talk about, and some ideas underneath that you can use or ignore, as you prefer.

Creativity

natural talent

practice and discipline

the role of teachers

Is creativity a gift some people are born with, or a skill anyone can develop?

What do you think?

Do you agree?

How about you?

Do schools do enough to encourage creativity? (Why? / Why not?)

Who or what has done most to encourage your own creativity?

Is creativity more important in some jobs than in others? (Why? / Why not?)

Once more, you have about two minutes, and then we'll talk about it together.

Thank you. Now it's your turn. Your card has a different question, again with a few ideas you can use if you'd like to.

Creativity

artificial intelligence

access to tools

sharing work online

How is technology changing the way people create things?

What do you think?

Do you agree?

How about you?

Can work produced by artificial intelligence be called creative? (Why? / Why not?)

Is it easier to be creative now than it was in the past? (Why? / Why not?)

Has technology made truly original work harder to recognise? (Why? / Why not?)

For the final part, I'll give each of you a card with a question to talk about on your own for about two minutes. Please listen while your partner is speaking, as I'll be asking for your thoughts on what they say.

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