The activities in this book follow and build upon the strategic conversation skills of the Kehes’ book, Conversation Strategies. Discussion Strategies develops discussion skills at high levels of communicative interaction, especially communication in academic settings. Students, in step-by-step procedures, are given extensive practice in a variety of strategies for leading and participating in a discussion. Discussion Strategies provides focused practice with the following discussion techniques: using rejoinders, asking follow-up questions, seeking and giving clarification, using comprehension checks, answering with details, soliciting more details from others, interrupting others during a discussion, recounting something they have heard, volunteering an answer, helping the leader of a discussion, expressing an opinion, referring to a source when giving an opinion, and leading a discussion. Each unit builds on and recycles the previous units. The first twenty-eight units provide controlled practice of the discussion and are for pair groups or triads. Units 29-38 give the students an opportunity to use their new strategies in less structured discussions; they involve large groups or the whole class in open discussion of the articles provided.
Author(s): David Kehe; Peggy Dustin Kehe
Edition: 2
Publisher: Pro Lingua Learning
Year: 2021
Language: English
Commentary: Rhetoric, Conversation, Discusison Strategies
Pages: 233
Tags: Rhetoric, Conversation, Discusison Strategies
Front Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Half Title
Introduction
General Structure of the Book
First Section, for Student A
Second Section, for Student B
Third Section, for Students C, D, and E
Fourth Section, Whole-Class Discussions
Discussion Strategies by Unit
Unit 1. Rejoinders and Follow-up Questions
Format: Triads
Unit 2. Clarification Expressions
Format: Pairs
Unit 3. Clarification Questions, and Comprehension Checks I
Format: Pairs
Topics: Flight Attendant Hero
Lost in a Jungle
Unit 4. Clarification Questions, II
Format: Pairs
Topics: Giant Baby
Music, Reading and Math
Unit 5. Answering with Details
Format: Triads
Unit 6. Discussion
Format: Triads
Topic: Your High School Days
Unit 7. Paragraph Clarifications, I
Format: Triads
Topic: Animals in Movies
Unit 8. Paragraph Clarifications, II
Format: Triads
Topic: Sleep
Unit 9. Asking for More Details
Format: Triads
Unit 10. Discussion
Format: Triads
Topic: Stress
Unit 11. Discussion
Format: Triads
Topic: Your Hometown and Childhood Home
Unit 12. Interrupting Someone
Format: Triads
Topic: Telling Lies
Unit 13. Words That Describe
Format: Triads
Unit 14. Discussion
Format: Triads
Topic: Superstitions
Unit 15. Telling What You’ve Heard
Format: Triads
Topics: Short People Live Longer
Gossiping
Why the French Have Fewer Heart Attacks
Unit 16. Volunteering an Answer
Format: Small Groups
Unit 17. Discussion
Format: Triads
Topic: Divorce
Unit 18. Clarifying by Summarizing, I
Format: Pairs
Topics: Getting Fat
Wrong Stadium
Bugs in Manila
Naked in the Laundromat
Unit 19. Clarifying by Summarizing, II
Format: Triads
Topic: Catching Colds
Unit 20. Telling Other People’s Opinions and Experiences
Format: Small Groups
Unit 21. Discussion
Format: Triads
Topic: Driving
Unit 22. Helping the Leader Explain, I
Format: Triads
Unit 23. Helping the Leader Explain, II
Format: Triads
Topics: Fathers Who Live Longer
Smoking and Aging
Tasting Food
Unit 24. Discussion
Format: Triads
Topic: Gambling
Unit 25. Expressing Opinions, I
Format: Pairs
Topic: Information from a Survey
Unit 26. Expressing Opinions, II
Format: Small Groups
Topics: The Rights of Mothers and Fathers
Death Caused by Cigarettes
De-barking Dogs
63-Year-Old Woman Has a Baby
Unit 27. Referring to a Source
Format: Triads
Topic: Bullying
Unit 28. Summary Discussion
Format: Triads
Topics: Best Friends
The Effects of Watching TV
Spanking
Unit 29. Leading a Discussion
Format: A Model, Teacher-led Whole-Class Discussion
Topic: Cheating in School
Instructions for Students on Leading a Discussion
Unit 30. Leading a Discussion
Format: Large Groups/Whole Class
Topic: Animal Empathy
Unit 31. Leading a Discussion
Format: Large Groups/Whole Class
Topic: Cafeteria Trays
Unit 32. Leading a Discussion
Format: Large Groups/Whole Class
Topic: TV in the Bedroom
Unit 33. Leading a Discussion
Format: Large Groups/Whole Class
Topic: Culture and Alcoholism
Unit 34. Leading a Discussion
Format: Large Groups/Whole Class
Topic: Boredom
Unit 35. Leading a Discussion
Format: Large Groups/Whole Class
Topic: Keys to Happiness
Unit 36. Leading a Discussion
Format: Large Groups/Whole Class
Topic: The Clown and the Cell Phones
Unit 37. Leading a Discussion
Format: Large Groups/Whole Class
Topic: Family Meals
Unit 38. Leading a Discussion
Format: Large Groups/Whole Class
Topic: International Students in the U.S.
Unit 39. Designing and Leading Discussions
Instructions for Students
Format: Large Groups/Whole Class
Topic: Students’ Choice
Suggestions to the Teacher
General
Why these activities were developed
The approach and sequence
Setting up discussion groups
Getting started
Extending the activities
Evaluating
Dealing with early finishers
Special Notes on Specific Units
The Teacher’s Role
Discussion Evaluation form
