Discussion Starters Speaking Fluency Activities for Advanced ESL/EFL Students

Name: Discussion Starters Speaking Fluency Activities for Advanced ESL/EFL Students
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ISBN: 9780472083343

ISBN-10: 0472083341

ISBN-13: 9780472083343

Edition: 1996

Authors: Keith S. Folse

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One of the most common problems facing ESL teachers is the advanced speaking class in which the most confident students dominate the discussion and the weaker students quickly withdraw. Discussion Starters is designed to balance the oral participation of all the students in the class and thus promote an environment in which everyone has not only a chance but a real need to speak out. Each unit contains a relatively small number of exercises (usually around five) which 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. Other discussion books on the market today…

Book details

List price: $23.95
Copyright year: 1996
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Publication date: 3/15/1996
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 200
Size: 7.00" wide x 10.00" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English

Dr. Keith Folse is a Professor of TESOL at the University of Central Florida. He is the author of 57 textbooks on a variety of subjects from grammar to vocabulary to composition, including five best-selling books in the Great Writing series by National Geographic Learning.




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