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Conversation Strategies: Pair and Group Activities for Develping Communicative Competence

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ISBN-10: 0866473696

ISBN-13: 9780866473699

Edition: 2014

Authors: David Kehe

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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)…    
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Book details

List price: $21.50
Copyright year: 2014
Publisher: Pro Lingua Associates
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 148
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.25" tall
Weight: 0.506
Language: English