More Discussion Starters Activities for Building Speaking Fluency

Name: More Discussion Starters Activities for Building Speaking Fluency
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ISBN: 9780472088553

ISBN-10: 0472088556

ISBN-13: 9780472088553

Edition: 2002

Authors: Keith S. Folse, Jeanine Aida Ivone

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Like its predecessor, each unit in More Discussion Starters contains exercises that provide speaking interaction about a central topic or idea, and most require students to work together in pairs or small groups to reach a conclusion about a topic. Though most of the topics in the text are serious (corporal punishment, abortion, and gun control), many others deal with lighter topics (humor and culture). The activities, tasks, and topics chosen for this book are real situations from all over the world. Most of the units in this book introduce a problem or controversial topic at the beginning of the unit. This is then followed by a series of exercises designed to prepare all of the students…

Book details

List price: $23.95
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Publication date: 3/31/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 184
Size: 7.05" wide x 10.04" long x 0.47" tall
Weight: 0.836
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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Advice from the Authors to the Students



Predicting the Future



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Cell Phones



An Interviewer's Ideal Person to Interview



Jokes: Is It Funny? Culture and Humor



Proverbs



Put the Story Together: The Patient



Life after Death?



Finish the Story: The Young Boy's Dilemma



The Death Penalty



Put the Story Together: The Great Beyond



The Punishment and the Crime



Corporal Punishment



Who Should Control Your Safety?



More Practice with Proverbs



Faith Healing: Trust the Doctor or Trust God?



The Abortion Debate



Put the Story Together: A Van Full of Penguins



The 10 Most Important Events in History



Playing God: Genetic Engineering


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Answer Key for Language Review Exercises