How To Express Your Opinion In English

welcome to speak English with Tiffany I

am teacher Tiffany let’s jump right in

alright today we are going to look at

two ways of expressing your opinion in

English the intermediate level way and

the advanced level way now for the

intermediate level there are three

things that you need to remember before

we get into the details so for the

intermediate let’s write it right here

intermediate level the thing that you

need to remember is that it is simpler

than the advanced level also it is only

your opinion okay your opinion is the

only thing that’s important when you’re

giving the intermediate level opinion or

expressing your opinion at the

intermediate level and you also give

support for your opinion at the

intermediate level however when you get

to the advanced level it is a lot more

detailed as you can see there are one

two three different parts for the

advanced level but before we get into

that part just remember the advanced

level is more detailed it also is a

three-part answer which I just explained

and the other thing is your opinion is

based on your opinion is based on other

opinions this is what we were going to

understand and look at in this video

okay so let’s get started first let’s

look at the intermediate level can

remember it’s just your opinion but

there are three parts number one says

state your general opinion about the

topic number two give three supporting

points details or reasons

and number three restate your opinion

one last time okay

so let’s jump right in so looking at

number one okay number one now for

number one you need to remember to be

clear okay

be clear when you state your opinion

also you need to restate the topic okay

and then give your opinion and then give

your opinion this is very important

restate the topic to let the person know

that you understood what they asked and

then give your opinion now for number

two which is give three supporting

points remember I went over this step in

a previous video how to answer any

question in English you can click the

link on the top right of the screen if

you want to go over it or look at the

video again to figure out how to do this

properly okay so you want to find three

clear and easy to understand and easy to

understand supporting points remember as

you’re expressing your opinion the most

important part is you want to make sure

the person who’s listening to you

understands okay so find easy to

understand supporting points okay next

give your opinion a good foundation okay

give your opinion a good foundation and

finally I’ll quickly foundation just

means good basis okay good structure and

finally this shows

excellent let’s go to the next slide

excellent thinking and reasoning skills

okay and reasoning skills the fact that

you can give support for your answer is

very good okay which is what makes it an

intermediate level response or

intermediate level way of expressing

your opinion and number three this is

important because you must always recap

all right recap just means to restate

okay

always recap or remind the person what

your point was okay so this is how you

give your opinion at the intermediate

level now looking at an example let’s

say for example the topic is going to

bed early verse going to bed late

okay one more time going to bed early

versus going to bed late okay so for

number one let’s indicate it using the

orange color for number two let’s use

the purple and for number three let’s

use the green so let’s get started

reading the response it says in my

opinion I believe it is better to go to

bed early I have three reasons why I

think going to bed early is better than

staying up late okay so for number one

state your general opinion about the

topic so we’re going to highlight that

right here okay now let’s move on to the

next one it says first science shows

that an hour of sleep before midnight is

worth two hours of sleep after midnight

in other words you will feel more rested

the next day I want to pause very

quickly you see how I say right here in

other words what’s happening is I am

restating or giving more supporting

information for my first point or my

first detail okay let’s keep going

second going to bed early helps you have

a more

active morning the next day this is

because once again I’m giving more

information second and this is because

you will have higher energy levels okay

and finally the third reason is science

has proven that going to bed early can

help with weight management if you go to

bed early again it’s just giving more

information that will eliminate the

desire for late night snacking so let me

highlight this area right here because

this is our number two and finally our

number three is restate your opinion one

last time okay it says so for these

three reasons I believe that going to

bed early is better than going to bed

late so I have restated what my opinion

was now if you answer like this this is

an excellent intermediate level way of

expressing your opinion now let’s jump

into the advanced level there are three

different sections for the advanced

level K the first section is other

opinions now the three parts of this are

number one describe two groups who have

opposing or opposite opinions on the

topic number two give the basic details

of each opinion and number three state

the reason or reasons for each of the

opinions okay so let’s look at this in

more detail alright so for number one

okay number one which again is described

two groups who have opposing opinions on

the topic okay so the thing is it is

important to present or give various

opinion okay various or different

opinions this is something that is key

to the advanced level because it shows

that you know more than just your own

idea

and again it also shows advanced fix

that advanced level speaking and

thinking ability I mentioned this in my

previous video where I talked about how

to study English as an intermediate or

advanced learner so on the top right of

the screen you’ll see that link how to

study English for intermediate and

advanced learners I go over this point

also in that video so you can review it

there okay and for number two number two

again says give the basic details of

each opinion okay now what you want to

do is summarize okay

summarize the opinions

okay the opinions of others you want to

summarize the opinions okay so you can

do this by giving general facts or

points okay general facts or points and

for number three number three is state

the reason or reasons for each opinion

okay now for number three you want to

pick between let’s say pick one two

three all right so one two three reasons

okay one two three reasons depending on

the amount of time that you have to give

your answer okay to give your opinion so

depending on the amount of time you have

to actually express your opinion okay so

one two and three this is the first

section of your opinion at the advanced

level now what you’re going to do is

look at this example and let’s see if we

can clearly see all different part

okay so again for number one we’re going

to use the orange number two we’re going

to use purple again and number three

we’re going to use the green remember

the topic is the same going to bed early

versus going to bed late

okay so let’s jump in there are two

fields of thought on this topic now two

fields of thought is just an expression

that native english-speakers used to say

two opposite opinions or two opposing

opinions you can also use it okay

so again there are two fields of thought

on this topic the two groups that hold

these opinions are early birds and night

owls okay so for number one just the two

groups so let’s circle that right here

okay and let’s move on to number two

which says the basic details of each

opinion okay

early birds say that going to bed early

is better while night owls say going to

bed late is better that is our part two

very simple the basic details okay then

for number three the reasons here we go

the early birds believe that going to

bed early is better because they feel

more productive healthier and more alert

we gave three reasons okay for this

opinion however the night owls believe

that going to bed late is better because

they feel more creative at night it is

easier to work when everyone is sleep

also sleeping and they’re able to have

more personal time okay so for each

opinion we gave three reasons all right

so this is the third part of our

response for section number one okay so

let’s keep going okay now we’re in

section number two pros and cons okay

number one says state the strongest

reason for each opinion number two give

the pro and con of the first opinion and

number three give the pro and con of the

second opinion okay now looking at this

a bit closer this is what’s going to

happen so for number one okay looking at

number one which says state the

strongest reason for each opinion now

this shows let’s write it out here

this shows your ability to reason well

okay to assess information and determine

what is the strongest point and what is

the weakest point okay

it also shows so doing this also shows

deep thought okay that you deeply

thought about this topic okay now number

two and number three are very similar

okay they’re both talking about the pros

and cons okay pros and cons so by doing

number two and number three it gives

okay just this method gives the listener

a clearer understanding of both sides

okay clearer let’s go to the next one

understanding of both sides okay this is

why this is so important they can

understand the positive the negatives

the advantages the disadvantages of both

sides okay so we’re gonna look at the

example now now again remember that it’s

the same topic going to bed early versus

going to bed late

okay so again number one we have orange

number two we have purple and number

three we have green so let’s get started

the strongest reason for the early birds

opinion is that going to bed

makes them feel healthier on the other

hand the strongest reason for the night

owls opinion is that it is easier to

work when everyone else is sleeping okay

so remember on the other hand is used

when you want to express an opposite

opinion okay so let’s highlight that

this is part one for this section okay

the strongest reason for each opinion

okay let’s keep two

now the second part the main advantage

of the first opinion is that going to

bed early does stop late night snacking

but the problem is it does not totally

eliminate snacking so we have our part

two right here okay the pros and cons of

the first opinion now let’s look at the

pros and cons of the second opinion

looking at the second opinion it is true

that it is much quieter and easier to

work when everyone else is sleeping

however the problem is the next day you

will be tired when everyone else is

awake and ready to work okay

so this is part three of this section

we’ve given all of the information

regarding the pros and the cons which

now leads us into section number three

your opinion okay so one state which

opinion you agree with more to give

three supporting points details or

reasons and three restate your opinion

one last time so let’s look at it closer

so for number one you need to make sure

that you are very clear okay very clear

on which opinion you agree with and this

is also actually very similar to the

method we used in the intermediate level

okay so to the intr see if we can write

it intermediate level method or response

okay but let’s put the but right here

the difference is it is based on what

other opinions you got it other opinions

that is what makes this part different

and for two and three they are actually

the same that we use in the intermediate

level okay so same as

the intermediate level response and

again I will show you in the example

answer what this looks like so here we

go again the topic going to bed early

versus going to bed late ok so we have

our 1 our 2 and R 3 now here we go

in my opinion I agree that it is better

to go to bed early I have three reasons

why I think going to bed early is better

than staying up late so I’ve showed that

I agree with the opinion that says going

to bed early is better now for the

second one and for the third one they

are literally the exact same as the

intermediate level so we’re just going

to highlight them because we went over

it earlier and the last part so for

these three reasons I believe that going

to bed early is better than going to bed

late this is how you express your

opinion at the advanced level if you

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