Discussion starters : speaking fluency activities for advanced ESL/EFL students / Keith S. Folse.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Folse, Keith S.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Textbooks for foreign speakers.

English language.

English language--Spoken English--Problems, exercises, etc.

English language--Spoken English.

Conversation.

Conversation--Problems, exercises, etc.

Discussion--Problems, exercises, etc.

Discussion.

Genre:

Problems and exercises.

Textbooks.

Textbooks -- for foreign speakers.

Physical Description:

xviii, 181 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [1996]

Summary:

"One of the greatest challenges facing ESL students is the advanced speaking class in which the most confident students dominate the discussion and the more reticent students quickly withdraw. Discussion Starters helps balance the oral participation of all the students in the class, promoting an environment in which everyone has not only the opportunity but a real need to speak out."--BOOK JACKET. "Each unit contains exercises that provide speaking interaction about a central topic or idea. In most of these activities, students must work together in pairs or small groups to reach a conclusion about a topic. The activities and tasks in Discussion Starters are real situations from all over the world. Contemporary political and social topics enable students to engage in lively dialogue about issues they face in their daily lives, such as smoking regulation, the environment, and multiculturalism."--Jacket.

Contents:

1. You Can Be the Judge: The New Job

2. Smoking or Nonsmoking?

3. Have You Read a Good Book or Seen a Good Movie Lately?

4. Combat Roles in the Military

5. Finish the Story: The French Bullet Train

6. Parents and Children: New Family Problems

7. Proverbs and Values

8. Gender Roles in 1850? 1950? 2050?

9. Put the Story Together: The Rough Flight

10. Save Our Planet: Is There Hope?

11. Group Speaking Puzzle: Movies, People, Food, and Places

12. When Cultures Clash: Multiculturalism and Clothing

13. Cinderella: An Old Tale in New Times

14. Getting Older: The "Golden Years"?

15. Put the Story Together: The Doctor

16. Should Drugs Be Legalized?

17. Put the Story Together: The Truck Driver

18. Is It Funny? Culture and Humor

19. AIDS: A Global Crisis

20. Finish the Story: The Math Test

21. Gun Control

22. Don't Forget the TIP (To Insure Promptness)

23. Drinking and Driving

24. The Neighbors' Christmas Decorations

25. You Can Be the Judge: Who Is the Winner?

26. Animals and Humans

27. How Old Is Your Mother? (Should There Be an Age Limit?)

28. Out of the Closet: Gay and Lesbian Issues

29. Group Speaking Puzzle: Food, Endangered Species, and Colors

30. The Bus Driver's Dilemma

31. You Can Be the Judge: May I Die?

32. Check Your Emergency IQ

Communication Activities

Decision's in Court Cases

Answer Key for Language Review Exercises.

Other Format:

Online version: Folse, Keith S. Discussion starters.

ISBN:

0472083341

9780472083343

OCLC:

34870840

Online:

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