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NEW FOR 1994! PUTTING IT TOGETHER: A CONVERSATION MANAGEMENT TEXT. This text is designed to develop a variety of specific speaking skills rather than to simply provide an opportunity to speak. Skills covered may be linguistic (e.g. opening a conversation) or cultural (some topics are impolite.) Each chapter consists of a listening passage, vocabulary, controlled practice and a very open conversation. >focuses on specific speaking skills needed in English >emphasizes conversations on real topics with real information >gradually builds each chapter from listening to controlled speech to free speech >prepares students for real, idiomatic speech heard outside the classroom >provides topics carefully chosen for high student interest >presents gradual skill buildups with a variety of follow-up practice >introduces vocabulary/idioms in specific domains >provides great opportunities for surveying fellow students and people outside the classroom >encourages real communication rather than fictional information gap/pair work situation

Table of Contents:
Chapter One: Asking for Clarification Language/Skills             Asking for Clarification             Repeating Information as a Question             Correcting Mistakes             WH-Questions for Clarification             Confirming Numbers   Chapter Two: Getting Started Language/Skills             Greetings             Introductions             Conversation Openers   Chapter Three: Keeping It Going Language/Skills             Listener Expressions             Avoiding Silence             Giving Complete Answers             Open Questions (three types)             Suggestions   Chapter Four: Ending a Conversation Language/Skills             Pre-closing Phrases             Closings   Review of Chapters 1-4     Conversation Maze One             Small Group Activity for Review of Conversational Strategies     Chapter Five: Weekends Language/Skills             Key Phrases             Activities with go (go fishing)             Other Activities   Chapter Six: Weather Language/Skills             Key Phrases             Weather Expressions/Idioms   Chapter Seven: Music Language/Skills             Vocabulary             Asking for an Opinion             Giving an Opinion   Chapter Eight: Explanations Language/Skills             Explaining by:             Classification             Purpose             Comparison and Contrast             Structure             Material             Exemplification             Origin   Chapter Nine: Food Language/Skills             Key Phrases for Talking About Food             Vocabulary             Idioms   Chapter Ten: Reduced Forms Language/Skills             Key Reduced Forms: wanna, gonna             Vocabulary   Review of Chapters 1-10             Review of Conversational Strategies             Vocabulary and idioms             Controlled and Communicative Exercises     Chapter Eleven: Schools Language/Skills             Vocabulary             Idioms             Key Cultural Information About Schools   Chapter Twelve: Non-words Language/Skills             Key Informal Conversational Expressions             in English: uh-huh, uh-uh, uh-oh, O.K.             Fillers   Chapter Thirteen: People Language/Skills             Key Positive and Negative Words for People: sweetheart, slob, good    conversationalist   Chapter Fourteen: Conversational Expressions Language/Skills             Important Expressions which Cause Students             Great Difficulties: anyway, by the way, so what, that reminds me   Chapter Fifteen: Feelings Language/Skills             Language for Explaining Emotions             Likes and Dislikes   Conversation Maze Two             Small Group Activity for Review of Conversational Strategies and Vocabulary     Chapter Sixteen: Storytelling   Language/Skills             Key Phrases for Telling a Story and             Reacting to a Story: “This is a story about my             grandfather.” “And then what happened?”             Time Phrases: First, Then, Finally, After that     Chapter Seventeen: Life Language/Skills             Words and Idioms for the Stages of Life:             was born, got married, got divorced, died   Chapter Eighteen: Work Language/Skills             Key Vocabulary and idioms for Work             Situations: hire, fire, promote, transfer, benefits   Chapter Nineteen: Movies and TV Language/Skills             Key Vocabulary and idioms for             Discussing Movies and TV: director,             scenery, documentary, horror     Review of Chapters 11-20             Controlled and Communicative Exercises for             Review of Final Ten Chapters             Summary of Main Ideas of Text     APPENDIX Notes for Instructors & Answer Key             Helpful Hints for Instructor, Expansion             Activities, Answers for Dialogues and Controlled Exercises


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780131281745
  • Publisher: Pearson Education (US)
  • Publisher Imprint: Pearson Education (US)
  • Height: 275 mm
  • No of Pages: 240
  • Weight: 471 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0131281747
  • Publisher Date: 01 Jan 1995
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Spine Width: 8 mm
  • Width: 210 mm


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