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Oral practice

Online shopping versus traditional shopping: pros and cons

The Internet is wonderful, isn’t it? It allows us to find and buy things that we have dreamed of for years. Online shopping has become more prominent and accessible. All you need to do is to open an account and explore the offers of the online stores.

However you don’t want to feel like a slave serving the “modern times” and capitalism. So you realized you are also a fan of traditional shopping. This isn’t wrong, not at all. But, we will reveal to you the pros and cons of both types of shopping, so you can understand how you can benefit from online shopping – and learn how to make a balance between traditional and online shopping.

 

                   Online shopping                                          Traditional shopping
PROS CONS PROS CONS
Save time
Can't try it on
Try on clothes
Lose a lot of time
Buy whenever you want Wait for the product to arrive Get the product immediately Wait for a changing room

Adapted from: https://blog.buymeapie.com/online-shopping-traditional-shopping-pros-cons/

For and Against Debate

In the F2F class we will organize a debate: Are you for or against online/traditional shopping? You'll have to take sides and support your ideas.

You can start thinking about how to organize your ideas and even write them down before coming to class. You can use some of the expressions on the chart below.

FOR (+) Online and traditional shopping

AGAINST(-) Online and traditional shopping


I am really keen on the idea of …

If you ask me, I really think …

Personally, I am in favour of … (+ gerund)

I am sure ...


I am not really into (........) 

To be honest, (.........) just makes me ........

(..........) isn’t really my thing.

I am not a big fan of (............)