Compelling Conversations
Being Yourself
From consulting charts and reading palms to taking personality tests and reading self-help books, people love to describe themselves.
Making and Keeping Friends
We all want good friends. How does one make good friends? Share your ideas about friendship with your partner.
Change
Everyone has to deal with change. Sometimes it's fun; sometimes it's hard.
Crime and Punishment
Crime – from burglary and bribery to car theft and murder – continues to hurt our society. Discuss your experiences, share your ideas, and explore possible solutions with your classmates.
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Compelling American Conversations
Making and Breaking Habits
How well do you know your own habits? Share something about your habits and find out more about your partner’s habits in a friendly exchange.
Practicing Job Interviews
Experts recommend that all job seekers, including native English speakers, practice their interviews.
Seeing Our World With Photographs
Photography surrounds us in the 21st century: on billboards, on the Internet, in magazines, and in our homes.
Search and Share Exercises
The Search and Share Exercises are stand-alone online activities that come from Compelling American Conversations.
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...students develop essential listening skills
"Compelling American Conversations: Questions and Quotations for Intermediate American English Language Learners is ideal for students preparing for life in the USA or for older students already living in the USA... Teachers of intermediate adult learners who want to ignite classroom conversation would do well to have this book as an essential element of their language course."
Lisa Horvarth, EFL teacher and ELT author
MWIS TESOL Newsletter April 2019
Compelling Conversations - Japan
Eating and Drinking
Everybody eats. Food is both a necessity and a pleasure. It is also a safe and interesting way to learn more about people.
Learning in School
We have spent thousands of hours in schools, learned many skills, and collected numerous stories. Many people have their fondest memories from years in school.
Search and Share Exercises
How do you flip an English classroom? One way is to deploy "Search and Share" worksheets for homework. These "Search and Share" activities require English students to find, summarize, and describe videos and articles for their classmates. These 12 fluency-focused activities create lively conversations and memorable discussions. This collection of Search and Share come from Compelling Conversations - Japan.
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Compelling Conversations - Vietnam
Delicious Choices
Everybody eats. Food is both a necessity and a pleasure, and remains a safe and interesting way to learn more about people.
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Creating Compelling Conversations
Sample Search and Share Activities
Reproducible activity worksheets including Finding English Pronunciation Tips on YouGlish, Understanding Plagiarism, and more
Workshop Search and Share Sampler
Reproducible activity worksheets from ICC Hawaii workshop
ICC Hawaii Professional Development Presentation
Online professional development training session for ESL teachers from ICC Hawaii
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