Discussion Strategies: Beyond Everyday Conversation

High-intermediate to advanced, secondary to adult ESL students enjoy developing discussion skills needed at high academic and business levels. Clear step-by-step, focused practice of 13 discussion skills: using rejoinders, asking follow-up questions, seeking/giving clarification, using comprehension checks, soliciting and using details, interrupting, expressing opinions, volunteering answers, referring to information and opinion sources, helping discussion leaders, and leading a discussion. Each unit builds on and recycles previous strategies. Work in real discussion formats: pairs, triads, small groups, large groups, whole class. Discussion topics are high-interest; no in depth background knowledge is needed.

• | Author: David Kehe
• | Publisher: Pro Lingua Learning
• | Publication Date: Mar 22, 2012
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• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9780866473309
• | ISBN-10: 0866473300