{"id":23534,"date":"2022-09-26T15:45:19","date_gmt":"2022-09-26T13:45:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/?p=23534"},"modified":"2022-09-29T09:00:17","modified_gmt":"2022-09-29T07:00:17","slug":"campaigns-and-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2022\/09\/campaigns-and-elections\/","title":{"rendered":"Campaigns and Elections"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>B2 &#8211; Upper Intermediate<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When election period is just around the corner, along with it are political candidates and their campaign events. In these events, it is typical for candidates to persuade voters by putting their proposals forward should they be elected. Some campaign speeches are too long and boring that they easily lose their audience while some are short, direct, and entertaining.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let&#8217;s listen to the recording for an example of a campaign speech.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-randall-039-s-esl-cyber-listening-lab wp-block-embed-randall-039-s-esl-cyber-listening-lab\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"pBx9fsRJVo\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.esl-lab.com\/academic-english\/elections\/\">Campaigns and Elections<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Campaigns and Elections&#8221; &#8212; Randall&#039;s ESL Cyber Listening Lab\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esl-lab.com\/academic-english\/elections\/embed\/#?secret=srniXmIcFI#?secret=pBx9fsRJVo\" data-secret=\"pBx9fsRJVo\" width=\"580\" height=\"327\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Discussion Questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>What is the candidate running for? What are his proposed plans and programs?<\/li><li>Do you like listening to political candidates&#8217; campaign speeches? Why or why not? How can political candidates persuade you to vote for them?<\/li><li>From a voter&#8217;s perspective, what do you think should a political campaign speech include?<\/li><li>How are electoral campaigns like in your country?<\/li><li>How are local and national elections carried out in your country?<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>B2 &#8211; Upper Intermediate When election period is just around the corner, along with it are political candidates and their campaign events. In these events, it is typical for candidates to persuade voters by putting their proposals forward should they be elected. Some campaign speeches are too long and boring that they easily lose their [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[49,291,292,290,307],"class_list":["post-23534","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-homework","tag-audio","tag-b2-upper-intermediate","tag-first-certificate-fce","tag-listening","tag-social-issues"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v16.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Campaigns and Elections | phone english blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2022\/09\/campaigns-and-elections\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Campaigns and Elections | phone english blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"B2 &#8211; Upper Intermediate When election period is just around the corner, along with it are political candidates and their campaign events. In these events, it is typical for candidates to persuade voters by putting their proposals forward should they be elected. Some campaign speeches are too long and boring that they easily lose their [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2022\/09\/campaigns-and-elections\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"phone english blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/facebook.com\/phoneenglish.es\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-09-26T13:45:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-09-29T07:00:17+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@phoneenglishes\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@phoneenglishes\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\">\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\">\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/#organization\",\"name\":\"PHONE ENGLISH\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/facebook.com\/phoneenglish.es\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/phoneenglish\",\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/phoneenglishes\"],\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/#logo\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/phone-english1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/phone-english1.png\",\"width\":200,\"height\":124,\"caption\":\"PHONE ENGLISH\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/#logo\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"phone english blog\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":\"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\",\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2022\/09\/campaigns-and-elections\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2022\/09\/campaigns-and-elections\/\",\"name\":\"Campaigns and Elections | phone english blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2022-09-26T13:45:19+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-09-29T07:00:17+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2022\/09\/campaigns-and-elections\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2022\/09\/campaigns-and-elections\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2022\/09\/campaigns-and-elections\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"item\":{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"Blog\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"item\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2022\/09\/campaigns-and-elections\/#webpage\"}}]},{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2022\/09\/campaigns-and-elections\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2022\/09\/campaigns-and-elections\/#webpage\"},\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/76165f65d4ee87fd79bb66a66b047cd7\"},\"headline\":\"Campaigns and Elections\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-09-26T13:45:19+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-09-29T07:00:17+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2022\/09\/campaigns-and-elections\/#webpage\"},\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"audio\",\"B2 - Upper intermediate\",\"First Certificate FCE\",\"Listening\",\"Social Issues\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Homework\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2022\/09\/campaigns-and-elections\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/76165f65d4ee87fd79bb66a66b047cd7\",\"name\":\"Sarah\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23534","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/31"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23534"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23534\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23562,"href":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23534\/revisions\/23562"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23534"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}