DESCRIPTION
rrrather.com is a collection of user-submitted controversial or thought-provoking questions. These questions always have two possible answers, and usually start with the words "Would you rather". You can leave your vote, compare your answers, and discuss in the comments. The questions can be used as a classroom conversation game. The game goes like this: one by one, each player asks a question that starts with "Would you rather", sometimes with two horrible choices. Participants must choose and defend the best option, or at least the least worst of the two. The fun of the game is the discussion it sparks. The best questions usually have very divided answers.
COMMENTS
Some of the questions are better than others (save a starving African child or have a working lightsabre?!), but there are enough good questions on the site to make it a really useful teacher resource. I used it with my EM Normandie students and they loved it. Well, alright, they thought it was OK. And, of course, it perfectly illustrates the grammatical construction would + rather + infinitive without to to express a preference.
LESSON IDEAS
Get your students to come up with their own choices and post them to the site. They can also comment on the other questions. There's also an app version of the game for Android or iOS.
