1 / 10

Speaking ~ Group Discussion: Interaction Skills (2)

Speaking ~ Group Discussion: Interaction Skills (2). Use of English. Introduction . We are going to learn about … Making and responding to suggestions Persuading others to your point of view Tackling one of the most popular discussion tasks: collecting information.

waylon
Download Presentation

Speaking ~ Group Discussion: Interaction Skills (2)

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Speaking ~ Group Discussion:Interaction Skills (2) Use of English

  2. Introduction • We are going to learn about… • Making and responding to suggestions • Persuading others to your point of view • Tackling one of the most popular discussion tasks: collecting information

  3. Making and Responding to Suggestions • Making suggestions: • Why don’t we…? • I think we’ve got to… • How about if we…? • One way we can get on with this is… • Agreeing • That sounds great. • I go along with that. • I’m perfectly fine with this.

  4. Making and Responding to Suggestions • Expressing doubts • That might be nice, but… • Are you sure this will work? • Well, I’m not quite certain about this… • Disagreeing • Sorry, that might sound a bit problematic to me, as… • Actually, I don’t think that’s possible, because… • Well, I’m afraid I can’t agree with you on this, as…

  5. Persuading • If you disagree, try not to offend the others. You can do this by… • Softeners • Perhaps… / Maybe… • Well, I take your point, but… • Negative questions • Don’t you think / agree…? • Wouldn’t it be better if we…? • Modals • It might / could be…

  6. Persuasive Devices • Persuading • Perhaps if we… • Don’t you agree that…? • Suggesting alternatives • I’d rather… • I think we could do this in another way…

  7. Persuasive Devices • Conceding + Persuading • Ok, but what about… • I take your point, but… • I’ve got what you mean, but… • You might be right in some way, however… • Conceding • Well, you’re probably right. • I suppose so. • Alright, you’ve got a point there.

  8. Discussion Scenario: Survey • Task: to obtain information in a suitable way • Possible ways of getting information: • Conducting interviews • Contacting experts by phones or mail • Putting notices requesting information in newspapers / magazines • Conducting observation • Using the Internet • Using libraries • Using references (books, journals, articles, etc.)

  9. Discussion Scenario: Survey • Stages involved in the survey: • Decide on a topic to study about • Brainstorm what you want to find out in the topic • Decide on the type and format of the questions • Open questions • Closed questions • Multiple choice questions • Write down the questions

  10. Discussion Scenario: Survey • Conduct the survey • Calculate the results • Agree upon the conclusions • Present the results • Exhibition • PowerPoint presentation • Video shows • Demonstration • Essays

More Related