3. Speaking Tasks
a. Pair up with a classmate. Ask and answer the questions from exercise 4 on the Vocabulary from the Video worksheet.
b. Read the question, watch the video below, then discuss:
- Debranding has been controversial, including among the younger generation – to the point that various memes have been created about the phenomenon. Why?
c. Here are some instructions for a website-based speaking task:
The site Boredpanda has made a list of debranded company logos that customers criticised.
- Open the link to this page: https://www.boredpanda.com/company-flat-logo-redesign/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=organic
- Choose one of the companies and prepare a description of the changes between the previous and current logos. For example: “They kept the same basic shape and the lettering, but removed the shadow and one of the colours”.
- Your classmates are going to listen to this description and guess which it is, so don’t make it too obvious!
d. Choose a logo and simplify it.
- If you can’t think of a logo, check the link below.
- Draw your new version, if you like, but the main thing is to describe how it would look.
e. Let’s flip the template…
- Take your classmate’s logo and rebrand it, adding detail and complexity.
Main photo: cottonbro studio, via pexels.
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