When Honesty Backfires — Before It Sets You Free

Conversation - B2-C1 | Advance Level

4.9 $

Feb. 13 Fri , 18:00 USA

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📝 DESCRIPTION
In this class you will:
✔ Watch a reflective video about honesty, discomfort, and long-term growth.
✔ Learn advanced vocabulary related to truth, conflict, vulnerability, and consequences.
✔ Discuss personal experiences where honesty caused short-term problems but long-term benefits.
✔ Practice expressing nuance, cause-and-effect, and emotional complexity using advanced English structures.

You will:
• Develop language for describing uncomfortable but meaningful experiences
• Practice discussing ethical dilemmas and emotional consequences
• Use complex structures to explain delayed outcomes and personal insight

Session Activities

1: Do you think honesty is always the best policy? Why or why not?

2: Have you ever avoided telling the truth to keep the peace?

3: What emotions usually stop people from being honest?

4: Is there a difference between being honest and being brutal?

5: Who is it hardest to be honest with — yourself or others?

1: Can you describe a time when being honest made a situation worse at first?

2: What exactly did you say, and why was it difficult to say it?

3: Looking back, do you think honesty was the right choice? Why?

4: How did the other person react initially, and did that reaction change over time?

5: What might have happened if you hadn’t been honest?

6: Is it possible to be honest and still protect someone’s feelings? How?

7: Do cultural norms influence how and when people choose honesty?

8: After watching the video, what idea about honesty surprised you most?

9: Do you think honesty builds stronger relationships — or does it sometimes destroy them?

honesty

the quality of telling the truth

truthful

telling the truth without deception

confrontation

a direct and often uncomfortable discussion

vulnerability

the state of being emotionally exposed

backfire

to have the opposite effect than intended

consequence

a result or effect of an action

integrity

strong moral principles

emotional fallout

the emotional impact after a difficult event

long-term outcome

results that appear over time