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Conversation Strategies
New, Revised, Second Edition 2005
29 Pair and Group Activities
for Developing Communicative Competence
by: David Kehe and Peggy Dustin Kehe
Level: Intermediate. Primary to Adult
What are Conversation Strategies? They are techniques that help the
speaker and listener keep a conversation going to its natural and desired
conclusion. They are skills that supplement the linguistic and sociolinguistic
skills most texts focus on: grammar, vocabulary, and usage.
To develop strategic competence, students must learn the words, phrases,
and conventions used as two speakers engage in the active give-and-take
of conversation. These are the strategies we use to get more information,
make comparisons, correct someone politely, agree and disagree, summarize,
share information, and make decisions in a business meeting. Students
also practice polite forms, rejoinders, clarifications, follow-up questions,
getting a response, expressing probability, interrupting, and avoiding
conversation killers.
Each activity has three parts: a teacher's introduction, a written introductory
exercise to be done by students individually, and pair/group practice
that makes use of information gap and other interactive formats.
Each fun, student-centered activity begins with controlled language
and moves to open, imaginative exchanges. The work is enjoyable for
students and teacher.
Easy to use in any intermediate level class.
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Other books by David & Peggy Dustin Kehe
Discussion Strategies
Writing Strategies
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