Conversation Strategies - Pair and Group Activities for Develping Communicative Competence

About the author

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."

Summary

Conversation strategies are techniques that help the speaker and listener keep a conversation going to its natural and desired conclusion. The strategies practiced in this book include getting more information, making comparisons, correcting someone politely, agreeing and disagreeing, summarizing, sharing information, and making decisions.

Product details

• Authors: David Kehe
• Publisher: Pro Lingua Learning
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.08.2014
• EAN: 9780866473699
• ISBN: 978-0-86647-369-9
• No. of pages: 148
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 223 mm x 11 mm
• Weight: 266 g
• Subject: Education and learning > Schoolbooks, general education schools