students need to focus on listening comprehension tasks as well as grammar points. First, they need to watch a short TV report about conspiracy theories and answer a few questions about it. Then, students have to watch the video one more time and write down all conspiracy theories mentioned in the material.

Human beings are skeptical of coincidence, and think in terms of cause-and-effect, which is why many people are attracted to conspiracy theories to explain seemingly inexplicable events, like the assassination of a U.S. President. Susan Spencer talks with spy novelist Gayle Lynds and psychologist Rob Brotherton about humans' propensity to seek out clandestine, nefarious plots, and with professor Joseph Uscinski, who has studied hundreds of bizarre theories, and who thinks a little dose of conspiracy-thinking actually may be good for democracy.

The Truth Behind Conspiracy Theories

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Let's do English ESL general vocabulary practice. students need to focus on listening comprehension tasks as well as grammar points. First, they need to watch a…