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Conversation Strategies: Pair and Group Activities for Developing Communicative Competence

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This book is great for tutoring or teaching English to intermediate or advanced learners of English. It covers topics that you forget, like how to agree or disagree with an opinion someone has suggested.

It is funny as a native speaker to read these topics and realize I use these words and phrases everyday, but I would never before think to teach them to students learning to speak English. The book also gives ideas, activities, and worksheets for teaching and learning the topics.

It's a little known book, but an awesome resource for ESL/EFL teachers. Especially when they want you to teach "conversation." I know it feels daunting, but this book will help tremendously! Also, this book is great for corners, when you sit around and just speak English: you can focus on certain topics.

Great resource!

Along with every teacher at my school, I have used this book for both private tutoring and group instruction. It's laid out well, and simplified without being oversimplified. It also works as a good backup if you have a new class that is just not talking.

If I had to choose one discourse based textbook for a beginner to low-intermediate ESL conversation class, this would be the one. If I needed one for a larger, more advanced intermediate class, I would choose Discussion Strategies, by the same authors. I don't know why I don't see these books used more often. They're AWESOME!

Fantastic resource for functions of conversation. Great as a supplement to a class that meets all week, or as a stand alone text for a once or twice-a week class. Each lesson goes for approximately 2 one hour classes, give or take depending on the class level and the chapter. It fills a great gap for conversation texts at this level.

I began using this book back in 1996 as a beginning teacher in South Korea. I found myself back in the EFL field after a long hiatus and needed this book as I am in Japan now teaching all levels.

This book fills a gap in the EFL literature body as it focuses on how to develop relatively uncomplicated and succinct verbiage for carrying out and especially for initiating conversation.

I highly recommend this book to anyone in the EFL/ESL field for students at a lower intermediate level who are ready to embark on conversant English.

This is a very helpful book for us. I thank the seller for quick delivery.
Thanks a lot.