
Conversation Strategies
Pair and Group Activities for Develping Communicative Competence
David Kehe(Author)
Pro Lingua Learning (Publisher)
3rd Edition
Published on 5. August 2014
Book
Paperback/Softback
148 pages
978-0-86647-369-9 (ISBN)
Description
Conversation strategies are techniques that help the speaker and listener keep a conversation going to its natural and desired conclusion. These skills supplement the linguistic and sociolinguistic skills most texts focus on: grammar, vocabulary, and usage. However, 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. The strategies practiced in this book include 1) getting more information, 2) making comparisons, 3) correcting someone politely, 4) agreeing and disagreeing, 5) summarizing, 6) sharing information, and 7) making decisions. Students also practice 1) polite forms, 2) rejoinders, 3) clarifications, 4) follow-up questions, 5) getting a response, 6) expressing probability, 7) interrupting, and 8) avoiding conversation killers. The 29 pair and group activities help develop communicative competence. These fun, student-centered activities begin with controlled language and move to open, imaginative exchanges.
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Edition
3rd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Luxembourg
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Dimensions
Height: 223 mm
Width: 150 mm
Thickness: 11 mm
Weight
266 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-86647-369-9 (9780866473699)
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Conversation Strategies
Pair and Group Activities for Develping Communicative Competence
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David Keheand Peggy Dustin Kehe, authors of the award-winning Conversation Strategies, have co-written eight textbooks with Pro Lingua Learning. They have been ESL teachers for over 35 years in the U.S., Japan, and Greece and with the Peace Corps in Niger. They both have a Master of Arts in TESOL from the School for International Training (SIT) in Brattleboro, Vermont. Currently, David is Faculty Emeritus at Whatcom Community College, Bellingham, WA, and Peggy is retired from teaching. David also writes a blog about teaching ESL called "Common Sense Teaching ESL."