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Artificial Intelligence automation & the future of creative work
B2 (Upper-Intermediate)
Debate & Philosophical Inquiry
8
Analyze, Evaluate & Create
Small Group Debate (Triads)
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Discussion Questions & Debate Prompts Output
B2 (Upper-Intermediate)B2 Conversation: Artificial Intelligence & the Future of Jobs

Discussion Prompts: AI in the Modern Workplace

CEFR B2 • Bloom's Tiered

Scaffolded from personal experience to critical ethical debate

Tier 1: Personal Experience

1. Have you used any generative AI tools in your work or studies? What surprised you most?

Target Lexis: automated, streamline, accuracy

Tier 2: Evaluation & Perspective

2. Some experts believe AI will eliminate boring tasks, while others fear job loss. Which view do you support?

Follow-up Probe: Can you name 3 professions that will always require human empathy?

Pedagogical Standards:Scaffolded from low-anxiety personal sharing to deep debateIncludes prompt follow-ups to sustain pair conversation
PEDAGOGICAL VALUE

Why English Educators Rely on This Tool

Engineered strictly for language acquisition principles—not generic chatbot filler.

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Tiered Question Scaffolding

Progresses from concrete personal recall (Warm-up) to abstract hypothetical debate (Higher-order thinking).

ELT Best Practice
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Target Vocabulary Hints

Includes key conversational collocations and discourse markers alongside each discussion prompt.

ELT Best Practice
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Built-in Follow-Up Probes

Provides secondary probing questions ('Why do you think that?' / 'Can you give an example?') to keep dialogues moving.

ELT Best Practice

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